Government manual, state of Georgia, 1938 [1938]

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THE LIBRARY OF THE UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA

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STATE OF GEORGIA GOVERNMENT MANUAL

STATE PLAmJ ING BOARD
COOPERATING WITH
WORKS PROGRESS ADMINISTRATION

BOARD MEMBERS

HENRY T. MciNTOSH, CHAIRMAN

R. F. BURCH, JR., SECRETARY

DR. T. F. AOERCROMO IE

J Hi L. GILL I 5

MISS MARTHA BEPRY
DR. M. D. COLLINS

*DR. CHAS. H. HERTY
J. W. WOODRUFF

RICHARD C. JOB, DIRECTOR
ATLANTA, GEORGIA

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REVISED - 193'8'

EXECUT I VE DEP,6RTMENT ATLAtJTA
SERVICE 8Y OUR GOVERN!,lENTAL AGENCIES DECO~'ES INCREASINGLY EFFECTIVE FOR ALL AS CLEAREr< UNDERSTANDING OF THE AUTHORITY, PURPOSES, AND ODJECTIVE DUTIES OF THESE AGENC I ES DECOMES MORE APPArnJT TO ALL.
E. D. RIVERS
GOVERNOR
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* STATE ORGANIZATION GRAPH--------------------------

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* AGRICULTURE, DEPARTMENT OF------------------------ 23

ARMORY COf~4ISSION, GEORGIA------------------------

73

ATHLETIC COMMISSION, STATE------------------------ 102

AUDITS, DEPARTMENT OF----------------------------- 67

BANKING, DEPARTMENT OF---------------------------- 69

COMPTROLLER GENERAL------------------------------- 20

* CONTRACTORS LICENSING BOARD----------------------- 97
EDUCATIOIJ, STATE DEPARTMENT OF-------------------- 32

ENTOMOLOGY, STATE DEPARTMENT OF------------------- 27

* EXECUT IVE DEPARTlIENT- -- -- - --- - - - - -- - -- - - - - - - - - - - --

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* HEALTH, DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC---------------------- 53

* HERTY FOUNDAT I ON-- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -- -- - - - --.-- 46
HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT, STATE------------------------- 47

* HOUSING AUTHORITY BOARD, STATE-------------------- 93
LABOR, DEPARTMENT OF------------------------------ 50

LAW, DEPARTMENT OF----- -- -- - -- - - - -- - - - - --- - - - - -- --. 63

LIBRARY, STATE------------------------------------ ~ 81

LIBRARY COMMISSION, STATE------------------------- 80

MILITARY DEPARTMENT------------------------------- 71

* MIlK CONTROL BOARD-------------------------------- 99
NATURAL RESOURCES, DEPARTMENT OF----------------- 38

NAVAL STORES SUPERVISING INSPECTOR----------------- 31

PENAL ADMINISTRATION, STATE BOARD OF-------------- 95

PLANNING BOARD, STATE----------------------------- 88

* PRISON AND PAROLE COMMISSION---------------------- 104
PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION------------------------- 35

RADIO COMMISSION, GEORGIA------------------------- 86

REGENTS, BOARD OF---------------------------------
* REVENUE, DEPARTMENT OF----------------~----------* SAFETY, DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC---------------------* SECRETARY OF STATE-----------------------~--------

83 63 75
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SOIL CONSERVATION COMMITTEE, STATE---------------- 91

TREASURER, STATE---------------------------------- 16
* VETERANS SERVICE OFFICE--------------------------- 78 * lVELFARE, DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC--------------------- 59

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BUDGET DEPARTMENT

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COVERNOR
EXECUTIVE SECRETARY

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DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY

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RECORDS AND ARCHIVES DEPARTMENT
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CONFEDER ATE CEMETERIES

BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS
OFFICIAL HOSTESS

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PURCHASING DEPARTMENT
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GOVERNORS MANSION

FOREWORD
THE STATE PLMHJ ItJG OOARD PRESENTS TH IS t1AtJUAL OF
ORGANIZATION, FUNCTIONS, AND PROCEDURES or DEPARTMENTS,
BOMWS, MJD COnrl 155 IONS OF THE STATE OF GEORG IA. I TIS DESIGNED TO ANSWER QUESTIONS REGARDING UNITS OF OUR STATE GOVERN~ENT.
THE DESCRIPTIVE TEXT MATTER WAS DERIVED FROM ACTS
or THE GENERAL ASSEMOLY. TEXTS AND GRAPHIC CHARTS WERE
EDITED, VERIFIED, AND APPROVED OY OFFICERS OF EACH UNIT. TilE t1ANU,\L SHOULD OE REV ISED CONCURREtJTLY 1'1 ITH
CHM1GES, WH ICH RESULT FROM THE tJEED FOR NEW OR ADDED FUNCTIONS, AND WHICH MAY DE PROVIDED FOR OY LEGISLATIVE ACT ION FROrl T I rlE TO T IME.
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OATHS, REQUIRING QUALIFICATION OF TIE OFFICER-ELECT AS PRay IDEO BY LAW, AND TO ISSUE HIS com~ I SS I ON. THE FOr.r~S OF COMMISSIONS SHALL DE IN THE DISCRETION OF THE GOVER-
NOR. COMMISSIOtJS THUS ISSUED SHALL DE FINAL, EXCEPT
V1HERE THE CONST I TUT I ON AND LMIS SHiI,L,- OTHER\'7ISE PROV I DE .

4. Y']ARRANTS FOR PAYf,lENTS FRm,1 SV,TE TRE/\SURY. --ALL
PAYMENTS FROM THE STATE TREi\SUIW, UNLESS OTHERVI ISE PROV IDEO, SHALL BE IMDE UPON THE \']/\RRAtn OF THE COVER-
NOI~, AND HE MAY WI THHOLD HIS APPROVAL ON ANY ACCOUNT AUDITED BY THE STATE AUDITOR AND CERTIFIED 0'1 THE
COr.'PTROLLER GENERAL. THE WARR,\NT SHALL AL\'7/\YS SPEC I FY
ON WHAT APPROPRIATION OR FUND IT IS DRAWN. (ACT 1836, C08B, 1028.)

5. SUSPENSION or COLLECTION OF TAXES.--THE GOVERNOR
MAY SUSPEND COLLECTION OF TAXES, OR ANY PART THEREOF, DUE THE STATE UNT I L THE I'lEET I NG OF THE ~JEXT GENERAL ASSEMOLY, OUT NO LONGER; NOR SHALL HE OTHER'lIISE I~JTER
FERE WITH THE COLLECTION THEREOF. (ACT 1821, COBO, 1028. )

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6. INFORMATION FROM DEPARTMENT OFFICERS; EXAMINATION

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OF TREASURER, AND COMPTROLLER GENERAL.--IT SHALL DE THE DUTY OF THE GOVEr-NOR, QU,\RTERLY, AND OFTENER I F HE

DEEMS IT EXPEDIENT, TO EXAMINE, UNDER OATH, TI TREASURER A~D COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE STATE ON ALL MAT-

TERS PERTAINING TO THEIR RESPECTIVE OFFICES, AND TO

INSPECT AND REVIEW THEIR BOOKS AND ACCOUNTS.

7. SUSPENSION OF STATE TREASURER OR COMPTROLLER.--
WHENEVER THE GOVERNOR SHALL HAVE T~USTWORTHY INFORMATION THAT THE STATE TREASURER OR COMPTROLLER GENERAL IS INSANE, OR 111\5 ABSCONDED, OR GROSSLY NEGLECTS HIS DUTIES, OR IS GUILTY or CONDUCT PLAINLY VIOLATIVE OF HIS OUT IES, OR DEMEANS HIMSELF I rJ orF ICE TO THE HAZARD OF THE PUBLIC FUNDS OR CREDIT OF THE STATE, THE GOVERNOR SHALL SUSPEND SAID TREASURER OR COMPTROLLER GENERAL, AS THE CASE MAY DE, AND REPORT HIS REASONS FOr. SUCH SUSPENSION TO THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY. SAID SUSPENSION SHALL CONTINUE UNTIL THE" GENERAL ASSEMBLY SHALL
OTHERWISE DIRECT. (ACTS 1878-9, P. 30.)

8. OFFICERS PRO-TEM IN CASES OF SUCH SUSPENSION, AP-
PO I NTMENT. --WHENEVER THE STATE TREASURER OR Cm.1PTROLLER GENERAL SHALL BE SUSPENDED, THE GOVERNOR SHALL APPOINT SOME SUITAOLE PERSON TO DISCHARGE THE DUTIES OF THE OFFICE UNTIL THE SUSPENDED OFFICIAL SHALL DE RESTORED 0'1 LAW OR HIS SUCCESSOR ELECTED AND qUALIFIED. THE PERSON APPOINTED SHALL TAI~E THE OATH MJD GIVE THE BOND REqUIRED 0'1 LAW OF TIE REGULAR INCUMOENT. (ACTS 1878-
9, P. 30.)

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EXECUT IVE DEPARTrOJT

OrFICERS

E. D. ~IVE~5
DOV7tl1 NG ; 1USGf:OVE
GEP-TrUDC L I U:::S Z. G. [[CGCE

GOVERNO~ EXECUTIVE SECRETARY PERSONAL SECRETARY AIDE

C2EATIOfJ MJD AUTHORITY: THE EXECUTIVE DEPARTtlENT VIAS EST AOL I SilEO I tJ TilE ADOPT IOIJ OF THE CaNST I TUT I ON OF
CeORGIA IN 1077, ARTICLE V, SECTION L. TI~ EXECUTIVE
P0\1ER SH,\LL DE VESTED I N THE GOVCRNOR, WHO SHALL HOLD HIS OFF I CE DUR I NG THE TERM OF TVIO YEARS, AtJD Uln I L III S SUCCESSOR SHALL DE CHOSEN AND QUALIFIED. HE SHALL NOT BE ELIGIDLE FOR REELECTION, FOP. THE PERIOD OF FOUR YEA~S AFTER THE EXPIRATION OF A SECOND TERM.
ORGANIZATION: TI~ GOVERNOR SHALL HAVE TIE POWER
TO APPOINT 111S OWN SECRETARIES NOT EXCEEDING TWO IN NUMDCf:, AND TO PROVIDE SUCH OTHER CLERICAL FORCE AS MAV DE f:EQUIPED IN HIS OFFICE. THE DEPARTMENTS WITHIN TilE GOVERNOE t S orr I CE ARE: THE E3UDGET DEPARTMENT, PurCI~SING UEPART~ENT, RECORDS AND ARCHIVES DEPARTtlENT,.l Bu I LD I NG~. AND GROUNDS, AND THE DEPARTMCNT OF PUOLIC ::JAFETY.

ACTIVITIES: NO?:

IT SHALL DE THE DUTY OF THE GOVEf:-

1. To SEE THAT ALL LAWS ARE EXECUTED. FOR THIS PUR-
POSE HE SHALL HAVE POWER, AS comIANDER-IN-CHIEF, TO CALL OUT THE MILITARY WHENEVER, IN HIS DISCRETION, THE DUE ENFORCDIENT OF THE PROCESS OF THE COURTS SHALL SE SO RESISTED AND SET AT DEFIANCE AS TO REQUIRE SUCH INTERPOSITION.

2. IN CASE OF INSURRECTION OR INVASION.--IN CASE OF
I IJSURRECT I ON OR I NVAS I ON THE GOVERNOR MAY CALL OUT THE NATIONAL GUARD or THE MILITIA, OR OOTH, FOR THE DEFENSE OF THE STATE, UNTIL SUCH TIME AS THE GENERAL As-
SEI1SL Y SHALL 1.1EET; AND WHEN SO CALLED I NTO ACT I ON, HE SHALL H/IVE POWER TO flAKE ALL NECESSARY PROV I S I ON FOR
THE I P. TRMJSPORT en 101-1, ACCDtIMODAT I ON, EQU I PMENT, AND
SU"POP.T.

3. GRANT OF Cm-1M I 5S IONS --THE GOVERNOR SHALL GRANT
COl',! 1I SS IONS TO /ILL OrF I CERS, I NCLUD I NG SE NATORS AND
REPRESENTATIVES IN CONGRESS, REQUIRED TO HOLD THEM,
AUD IfJ ALL CASES f,IAY, IN HIS DISCRETIOrJ, ISSUE A DEDII1US POTESTATEM TO OFFICERS AUTHORIZED TO AN11tJISTER

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LAND BOOKS. --A BOOK OR OOOKS CONTA I NI NG A LI ST OF THE RESPECTIVE NUMBERS, DISTRICTS, SECTIONS, AND COUNTIES OF TI SEVERAL LOTS OF LAND DISPOSED OF DY THE SEVERAL LAND LOTTERIES, AND THE NAMES OF THE DRAWERS OF EACH, TO WHOM AND WHEN GRANTED, AND A SIMILAR SCHEDULE OF ALL LANDS SOLD BY THE STATE, BY WHOM PURCHASED, ,~ND TO WHOM MID \'1HEN GRANTED.
ALL DOCUMENTS TO BE FILED.--HE SHALL ALSO KEEP, AND CAUSE TO BE CAREFULLY FILED AWAY, PROPERLY MARKED OR NUMBERED, ALL DOCUMENTS APPERTAINING TO HIS OFFICE, WHETHER THERE AS THE PLACE or DEPOSIT OR RECEIVFD BY MAIL OR EXPRESS, AND KEEP A BOOK AS AN INDEX OR KEY TO THE SAME.
OTHER RECORDS.--ANY OTHER BOOKS or. FILES THAT, IN HIS JUDGMENT, HIS DEPARnJlENT NEEDS.
12. DUTIES IN CASE or CONFLICT BETWEEN DEPARTMENTS.--IN THE EVENT, IN COURSE OF THE ADMINISTRATION or THE REORGAN I ZAT I ON ACT or 1931, ANY CONFL ICT SHALL AR I SE BET\'1EEN THE RESPECT I VE OFF ICES, DEPARTMENTS, BOIIRDS. AND COMM 15SIONS THEREIN AFFECTED, THE GOVERNOR IS REQUESTED TO REPORT SAME TO THE NEXT GENERAL ASSEMDLY AND IN THE INTERIM, AS EXECUTIVE OF THIS STATE, HE IS EMPOWERED TO GIVE SUCH DIRECTION TO THE MATTERS IN CONFLICT AS WILL BEST SUBSERVE THE INTERESTS OF THIS STATE. (ACTS 1931, PP. 7, 45.)
13. DUTY TO APPOINT OFFICERS AND FILL VACANCIES.--THE GOVERNOR SHALL APPOINT ALL OFFICERS AND FILL ALL VACANCIES UNLESS OTHERWISE PRESCRI,DEb BY THE CONSTITUTION AND LAWS. ALL APPOINTMENTS TO DISCHARGE A PUBLIC DUTY BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY, OR BY tHE GOVERNOr. UNDER ITS AUTHORITY, ARE OFFICES WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE CONSTITUTION.
14. GUARD OF CAPITOL.--THE GOVERNOR SHALL APPOINT A GUARD FOR TIE CAPITOL BUILDINGS, INCLUDING THE CAPTAIN OF THE GUARD, WHOM HE SHALL DESIGNATE AS SUCH, WHOSE BUSINESS IT SHALL DE TO REMAIN IN SAID BUILDINGS FROM SUNDOWN UNTIL SUNRISE OF THE NEXT DAY, EVERY NIGHT IN THE YEAR, AND ON SUNDAYS AND HOLI DAYS, TO KEEP VIATCH OVEr, THE SAME AND PROTECT THEM rROM FIRE OR INTRUDERS.
15. THE GOVERNOR SHALL ISSUE ALL GRANTS TO LANDS UNDER
THE LAWS OF THIS STATE, BUT SUCf.l SHALL NOT BE CONCLUSIVE BUT SUBJECt TO THE INVESTIGATION OF THE COURTS; AND WHENEVER SUCH GRANTS ARE DECLARED BY 'TI~ PROPER COURT TO HAve BEEN WRONGLY ISSUED, IT SHALL BE THE GOVERNOR'S DUTY TO ISSUE ANOTHER GRANT IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUCH DECISION, IF IT SO REQUIRES.
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9. REPR IEVES AND PMWONS. --HE SHALL HAVE POWER TO GRANT REPRIEVES AND PARDONS, TO COMMUTE PENALTIES, REMOVE DISABILITIES IMPOSED BY LAW, AND TO REMIT ANY PART OF A SENTENCE FOR OFFENSES AGAINST THE STATE, AFTER CONVICTION, EXCEPT IN CASES OF TREASON AND IMPEACHMENT, SUBJECT TO SUCH REGULAT IONS AS 1,1AY DE PROV IDEO BY LAW RELAT IVE TO TilE 1,1ANNER OF APPLY ING FOR PARDONS.
10. DEFENSE OF SUITS AGAINST STATE Or. IN WHICH STATE
HAS INTEREC:T.--WHEN ANY SUIT SHALL DE INSTITUTED AGAINST THE STATE OR AGAINST ANY PERSON, IN THE RESULT OF WHICH TW: STATE HAS AN INTEREST, UNDER PRETENSE OF ANY CLAIM INCONSISTErn WITI1 ITS SOVEREIGNTY, JURISDICTION, OR RIGIlTS, THE GOVErWOR SHALL, I N II IS DISC!1ET I ON, PPOV IDE FOR THE DEFENSE OF SUCH SUIT, UNLESS OTHERWISE SPECIALLY PROVIDED FOR.
11. KEEPING ArJD PRESERVING JOURNAL OF OFFICIAL ACTS.-THE GOVERNOR SHALL CAUSE TO BE KEPT AND PRESERVED IN THE D:ECUT IVE OFF ICE THE FOLLO';: ING 800KS OF RECORD:
(A) JOURNI\L.--A JOURNAL OR r,lINUTE-OOOK, SIIOWING ALL OF HIS OFFICIAL ACTS.
(D) ApPROPRIATION OOOK.--A OOOK or APPROPRIATIONS, IN \'7HICH SIJALL BE ENTERED A FULL ACCOUNT OF ALL MmUAL APPROPR 1AT IONS, SETT I NG FORTH nlE AMOUNTS UrJDc::r: THE IR A["'PROPP- IATC HEADS, TOGETlEr' W!TH THE Dt,TE OF HIS \'IARRAtH FOR SUCH APPROPRIATIOrJ, AIJD IN WHOSE FAVOR DRAWN.
(C) PUOLIC DEOT.--A DOOK GIVING A STATEMENT OF THE PUOL IC DEOT, THE Df, TES AND NUI,mERS OF THE OONDS I:::.SUED, IN VillOSE Ft,Vor. AND FOR VtHAT Ahl0UNTS, THE D,\TE OF PAYMENT ArlO THE 0 I SPOSITJON THEREOF; ALSO, A FULL AND ACCURATE ACCOUNT OF ALL surlS SET I,PART AS A SINKING FUND FOr: THE REDEMPT ION OF THE PUOL IC DEBT, PARTICULARLY SETTING FORTH THE AMOUNT FOR THE SEVERAL SPECIFIC PURPOSES, WHEN DRAWN, AND IN WHOSE FAVOR DRAWN.
(D) GONDS OF OFFICERS.--l\ BOOK IN WHICH SHALL BE KEPT COPIES OF OONDS OF OFFICERS OR AGENTS DISOURINGS PUBLIC FUNDS; ALSO, A SCHEDULE OF BONDS AND OTHER EVIDENCES OF DEBT DUE THE STATE AND THE DISPOSITION THEREOF.
(E) COMMISSIONS.--A BOOK OF COMMISSIONS SHOWING TI~ DATES WHEN ISSUED, FOR ALL OFFICERS, CIVIL AND NI.LITARY.
(F) EDUCATIONAL FUND.--A OOOK SHOWING THE EXACT CONDITION or THE EDUCATIONAL FUND OF THE STATE, AND THE ANNUAL INCOME THEREOF.
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BUDGET OU:;EAU.--THE:~E SIIALL DE ESTABLISIED IN TilE OFF ICE OF TliE GOVEr,NOR A BUDGET OUF:EAU, FOR THE PURPOSE OF PROMOTING ECONOMY AND EFFICIENCY IN THE MANAGEMENT OF THE STATE'S F I NAtJCES. TilE GOVERfJOr: SHALL BE EX-OFF 1C I0 D IRECTOR OF THE BUDGET, ArlO THE STATE AUD ITOR SIIALL DE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF THE BUDGET.
KEEPER OF BU ILC' 1NGS AND GROUNDS. --I T SIMLL DE THE
DUTY OF THE KEEPER OF BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS:
1. To TAKE CARE OF STATE CAPITOL GUILDING AND GROUNDS,
GOVERNOR I S MANS ION AND GROUNDS, t,RCli IVES AND 111 STORY
BUILDING AND GROUNDS, AND ~ILITARY AND WELFARE BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS.
2. To CARE FOR AND SUPERVISE CONFEDERATE CEMETERIES.
3. To CARE FOR ALL FURNITURE AND FIXTURES IN THE REPRESENTATIVES AND SENATE CHAMBERS.
4. To HIPE AND SUPERVISE ALL DUILDINGS AND GROUNDS EMPLOYEES.
5. To PROVIDE FOR AN OFFICIAL HOSTESS FOR THE CAPITOL BUILDING.
ACTIVITIES OF SUPERVISOR OF PURCHl\SES.--IT SHALL BE THE DUTY OF TI SUPERVISOR OF PURCHASES:
1. To CANVASS ALL SOURCES OF SUPPLY, AND TO CONTRACT FOR THE PURCHASE OF ALL SUPPLIES, MATERIALS AND EQUIPMENT REQUIRED BY THE STATE GOVERNMENT, OR ANY or ITS DEPARTMENTS, INSTITUTIONS OR AGENCIES UNDER COMPETITIVE BIDDING IN THE MANNER AND SUDJECT TO THE CONDITIONS HEREINAFTER PROVIDED FOR.
2. To ESTABLISH AND ENFORCE STANDARD SPECIFICATIONS WH ICH SHIILL APPLY TO ALL SUPPL! E~., t1A TER IALS AND EQU I PMENT, PURCHASED OR TO BE PURCHASED FOR THE USE or THE STATE GOVERNMENT FOR IINY OF ITS DEPARTMENTS, INSTITUTIONS OR AGENCIES.
3. To CONTRIICT FOR ALL TELEPHONES, TELEGRAPH, ELECTRIC L IGilT pm'IER, Pt"STIlL ArJD AllY /\ND ALL OTHER corJT~,\CTURt,L PURCHASE AND NEED OF THE STATE GOVERNMENT, OR ANY OF ITS DEPARTMENTS, INSTITUTIONS OR AGENCIES; OR IN LIEU or SUCH CONTRACT TO AUTIIORIZE IINY DEP'ARTMENT, INSTITUTION OR AGENCY TO PURCHASE OR cornrACT FOR AlJY OR IILL SUCH SERVICES.
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16. THE GOVERNOR SHALL HAVE GENERAL SUPERVISION OVER
ALL PROPERTY OF THE STATE, WITH PO~ER TO MAKE ALL NECESSARY REGULATIONS FOR THE PROTECTION THEREOF, WHEN NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR. HE SHALL ASSIGN ROOMS IN THE CJ\P I TOL TO ,'LL OFF ICEPS WI-IO ARE REQU I RED TO HOLD THE IR OFFICES THERE, AND, IN THE ABSENCE OF ANY LEGISLATIVE PROVISION, DESIGNATE THE PURPOSE TO WHICH OTHER ROOMS SHALL BE APPLIED.
17. WRITS OF ELECTION; CALLED SESSIONS OF THE GENERAL
ASSEMBLY.--HE SHALL ISSUE WRITS OF ELECTION TO FILL ALL VACANCIES THAT MAY HAPPEN IN THE SENATE AND HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, AND SHALL GIVE THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY" FROM TIME TO TIME, INFORMATION OF THE STATE OF THE COMMONWEAL TH, AND [(ECOI~MEND TO THE I R CONS I DER.\T I ON SUCH MEASURES AS HE f.1AY DEEt1 NECESSARY OR EXPED lENT. HE SHALL HAVE PO~ER TO CONVOKE THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY ON EX~ TRAORDINARY OCCASIONS, BUT NO LAW SHALL BE ENACTED AT CALLED SESS IONS OF THE YENERf,L t'lSSEt.18LY, EXCEPT SUCH AS SHALL RELATE TO THE O[lJECT STATED IN HIS PROCLAr,l,\TION CONVEN I NG THEr-l.
18. FILL I NG VACANC IES. --WHEN AllY OFF ICE SHALL BECOME VACANT, BY DEATH, RESIGNATION, OR OTHERWISE, THE GOVERNOC: SHALL HAVE POWER TO FILL SUCH VACANCY, UNLESS OTHERWISE PROVIDED BY LAW; AND PERSONS SO APPOINTED SHALL CONTINUE IN OFFICE UNTIL A SUCCESSOR IS COMMISSIONED, AGREEABLY TO THE MODE POINTED OUT BY THIS CONSTITUTION, OR BY LAW IN PURSUANCE THEREOF.
19. GOVERNOR'S VETO.--THE GOVERNOR SHALL HAVE THE REVISION or ALL BILLS PASSED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY BEFORE THE SAME SHALL OECOME LAWS, GUT TWO-T1~ I RDS or EACH
HOUSE MAY PASS A LAW NOTWITHSTANDING HIS DISSENT; Arm IF ANY BILL SHOULD NOT BE RETURNED BY THE GOVERNOR WITlllN FIVE DAYS (SUNDAY EXCEPTED) AFTER IT HAS BEEN PRESENTED
TO HIM, THE SAnE SHALL DE A LAW; UNLESS THE GENERAL As-
SEM8L Y, GY THE I R ADJOURNI-IENT, SHALL PREVENT ITS RETURN. HE MAY APPROVE ANY APPROPRIATION, AND DISAPPROVE ANY OHlER APPROPRIATION, IN THE SM1E BILL, AND THE LATTER SHALL NOT BE EFFECTUAL, UNLESS PASSED BY TWO-THIRDS OF EACH HOUSE.
20. GOVERNOR TO APPROVE RESOLUTIONS, ETC.--EVERY VOTE,
RESOLUTION, OR ORDER, TO \'1I1ICH THE CONCURRENCE OF BOTH I-lOUSES MAY BE NECESSARY, EXCEPT ON A QUEST I ON OF ELECTION OR ADJOURNflEfJT, SHALL BE PRESENTED TO THE GOVERNOR, AND BEFORE IT SHALL TAKE EFFECT BE APPROVED BY HIM, OR, BE i NG DISAPPROVED, SHALL BE REPASSED BY TVlo-n~ I RDS OF EACH HOUSE.
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SECRETARY OF STATE

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CONSTITUTIONAL DIVISION

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ARCHIVES AND
HISTORY DIVISION

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STATE EXAMINING BOARDS DIVISION

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SECURITIES DIVISION

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CORPORATION CHARTER DIVISION

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BUILDI NG & LOAN
ASSOCIATION DIVISION

4. To RENT OR LEASE ALL GROUNDS, BUILDINGS, OFFICES, OR OTHER SP,\CE REQUIRED BY ANY DEPARTf.1ENT, INSTITUTION 0:< AGENCY OF THE ::>TATE GOVERW1Ern; PROVIDED, THIS SHALL
NOT INCLUDE TElt,PORARY QUARTERS FOR STAT": Ii I GH\'JAY FIELD
FORCES OR CONVICT CAMPS, OR TEMPORARY PLACES FOR STORAGE FOR ROAD MATERIALS.
5. To Ht,VE GENERAL SUPERVISION OF ALL STORE ROOMS M~D
,,",TORES OPERATED BY TljE STATE GOVERW1ENT, or ANY OF ITS
DE PARTMENTS ,/1 NST I TUT 10rJS OR AGENC I ES; TO PROV I DE FOR TRANSFER AND OR EXCHANGE TO OR DET~EEN ALL STATE DEPAF:TMEtJTS, I NST I TUT IONS AND AGENC I ES, OR TO SELL ALL SUPPLIES, MATERIALS AND EQUIPtlEtJT WHICH ,\RE SURPLUS 00SOLETE OR UNUSED; AND TO MAINTAIN INVENTORIES OF ALL FIXED PROPERTY AND OF ALL MOVABLE EQUIPMENT, SUPPLIES AND MATERIALS OELONGING TO TIE STATE GOVERNMENT, OR ANY or ITS DEPARH1ENTS, INSTITUTIOtJS OR AGEf'JCIES.
6. To MAKE PROVISION FOR AND TO CONTRACT FOR ALL STATE
PRiNTING, INCLUDING ALL PRINTING, GINDING, PAPER STOCK AND SUPPL I ES OR MATER I ALS I N CONNECT 10tJ WITH THE SAME EXCEPT AS HERE I tJAFTER PROV I OED. liND FOR THE P'URPOSE OF OBTAINING DIDS ON PRINTING HE SHALL HAVE THE POWER TO DIVIDE THE PRINTING INTO VM,IOUS CLASSES, AND TO PROVIDE STIPULATIONS AND SPECIFICATIONS THEf:EFOR AND ,\DVERTISE. RECEIVE CI~S AND CONTRACT SEPARATELY FOR THE VARIOUS CLASSES, AND FOR THE PURPOSE OF MAKING EFFECT-
IVE TillS ACT, CHAPTER 90-1 OF THE CODE OF 1933 DE AND
THE SAf,IE IS HEREElY REPEALED.
THE GOVERNOR, STATE TREASURER, CHAIRMAN OF THE HIGHWAY BOARD, SECrETAry QF STt.TE AND SUPERVISOR OF PURCHASES CONSTITUTE THE ~Tt,TE PURCHASING BOARD.
E. D. RIVERS
GovEmJOr
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ST;\TE GOARD or CH I rOpr;,\CT I C EXMll N:::rs. GOARD OF DENTAL EXAMINERS or GEORGIA. GEORGIA STATE GOARD OF EMBALMING. STATE BOARD Or REGISTRATION rOR PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERS AND SURVEYORS. STATE GOARD rOR THE CERTIFICATION OF LISRAR I AIJS. STATE GOARD OF MEDICALExAMINERS. STATE BOARD OF EXAMINERS or NURSES FOR GEORGI A. STATE GOAfW OF EXAMINERS IN OPTor,lETRY. SH,TE GOARD or OSTEOPATH I C EXAi; I NCRS. GEORG I A STATE BOARD OF THMH,lACY. S-ft,TE GOARD or PHOTOGRAPHIC EXtdllfJERS. GEORGIt, REAL ESTATE COl1flISSION. STATE GOARD OF VCTERINARY EXAMINERS.

/-\CTIVITIES MJD DUTiES: TI SECRETARY or STATE:

IT SIlALL BE TIIC DUTY or

1. To I(EEP THE GRE,A,T SEAL or THE STiHE, !>.DOPTED /IUGUST 17, 1914, AND NO~ ON DEPOSIT IN Tt~ orr ICE or THE SEC-
REH,RY OF SH,TE.
2. To KEEP THE OR I G I r,AL ACTS PASSED BY T HE GENER,~L ASSEt-.13lY I AlJD All THE PUOL I C rECORDS OF TIlE ST:HE IJOT APPERTAINING SPECIAllY TO OTHER OFFICES; TO lOOI( TO AND PPESERVE TfjE p.EcorDS AlJD P/,PERS DELmlG I IlG TO TUE SEIIATE AND HOUSE OF REPRESDJT/H I VES; TO SEE TIL'-T THE Of( I G I NAl JOUrNALS OF DOTH HOUSES ARE DEPOS /TED MJD KEPT III HIS OFrICE.

3. To prov I DE corn I NGFNTS NECESSARY ror THE GCfJEf(/\l
ASSEI"OLV; ALSO, ALL STATIONERY FOR HIEIR USE, MJD TO REPORT nlE AI,IOUln OF THE SM.1E TO TilE F I tJ.\fJCC conn I TTEE OF THE HOUSE OF rEPRCSE:nATIVES DEFORE TilE ADJOURW,IEln OF TIE SESSION; TO PERFORM ALL OTHER DUTIES REQUIRED OF Hln GY LAVI, OR WHICH NECESSARILY ATT,\CH TO IllS orrlCE.
4. To KEEP A RECORD IN PROPER GOO~S OF ALL GRANTS OY TIlE STATE.

5. To I(EEP SAFELY ALL BONDS OF AGENTS APPOINTED TO
DISOURSE PUBLIC MONEY.

6. To ATTEST ALL GRANTS, AND OTHER PUBLIC DOCUMENTS REQUIRING THE GREAT SEAL or TilE STATE, ISSUlfJG FROr'. THE EXECUTIVE OF THE STATE.

7. To FURN I Sf! EACH ORO I NARY WITH PR I NTED Fom,lS OF RE-
TURNS, CERTIFICATES, AND DIRECTIONS, TOGETHER WITH AIN
ADVICE HE nAY DEEM NECESSARY TO SECURE PROPER RETURNS
AT LEAST 30 DAYS PREVIOUS TO THE DAY OF ELECTION OF
GOVEr.lJOR, MEMBERS or TliE GENERAL I\SSEMBLY I REPRESENTATvEs TO CONGRESS, ELECTORS OF THE PRESIDENT AND VICE PRESIDENT OF Tl UNITED STATES, AND COUNTY orFICERS;

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SECRETARY OF STATE

OFFICERS
JOHN B. 11 I LSON SECRETARY OF STATE

NAPIER BURSON
Ii. C. BeHlETT f1RS. J. E. HAYS
R. C. COLEMAN

CHIEF CLERK CIUEF EXAMINER, SECURITIES
UIVISION
STATE HISTORIAN &DIRECTOR ARCHIVES & HISTORY DIVI-
SION JOINT SECRETARY, STATE Ex-
AMINING BOARDS DIVISION

CREATlmJ: THE OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF STt\TE \?AS SET UP IN THE ADOPTION OF THE CONSTITUTION OF THE
ST~TE OF GEORGIA IN 1877, ARTICLE V, SECTION I I, AS AN
EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE STATE GOVErt:JMENT. THE SECRETARY OF STATE IS AN OFFICER IN TIlE GONsTITUTIONAL EXECUT IVE DEPARTMEr'JT AND IS ELECn:D I3Y THE PERSONS QUAL IF lED TO VOTE FOR r1Er-18ERs OF THE GEtJERAL ASSEMOLY AT THE SAnE T rr1E AND IN THE Si\ME l.lANllER AS THE GOVERNOR;

ORGAtJIZATION: THE AFFAIRS OF THE OFFICE OF SECRETARY OF STATE ARE DIRECTED BY THE SECRETARY OF STATE. THE SECRETARY OF ST!\TE HAS AUTHOR ITY TO EMPLOY SUCH ASSISTANTS TO DISCHARGE THE FUNCTIONS OF HIS OFFICE AS 11AY DE DEEMED NECESsi\ry. TilE SECRETARY OF STATE HAS DIVISIONAL HEADS AS ABOVE INDICATED TO ASSIST IN DISCHARGING THE FUNCTIONS IMPOSED ON HIM BY LAW. THE DIVISIONS OF TilE OFFICE M~E:

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CONSTITUTIONAL DIVISION. ARCHIVES AND HISTORY DIVISION .

3. ~TATE EXAMINING BOARDS DIVISION.

4. ~ECURITIEs DIVISION.

5. CORPORATION CHARTER DIVISION.

6. BUilDING AND LOAND ASSOCIATION DIVISION.

THE DIRECTOR AND STATE HISTORIAN FOR THE DEPART-
MEtJT or ARCH IVES AND HISTORY IS APPO I NTED BY THE SECRE-
TARy OF STATE FOR A TERM OF SIX YEARS. ALL OTHER DIVISIONAL HEADS AND OTHEr ASSISTANTS SERVE AT THE WilL OF T!{E SECRETARY OF STATE.

TI{E JOINT SECRETARY ACTS AS SECRETARY FOR THE FOlLOH I NG EXAf.ll NING BOARDS:

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GeORGIA STATE BOARD OF ACCOUNTANCY. GEORGIA STATE BOARD FOr- THE EXf\t.1INATION AlJD

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REGISTRATION OF ArCHITECTS. STATE BOARD OF OAf1BER AND HA I RDf<ESsER EXAMI N-

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4. STATE BOARD OF CHirOPODY EXAMINERS.

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16. To KEEP ACCURATE ~ECORDS FOR AND ON BEHALF OF THE
VMl:OUS ST:,TE EXAf,lINING 130A8DS, INCLUDING ,\NNUAL REGISTf~ATION or ALL PCRSONS PRACTICING THE VMllOUS PROFESSIONS AND TRADES IN GEORGIA.
17. To ALSO DISCHARGE THE FOLLO\1ING DUTIES, HERETOFORE
DEVOLV I NG ON THE SURVEYOR GENERAL, TO \'11 T:
To KEEP SAFELY ALL THE RECORDS OF PLATS OF LAND GRANTED, AND TO REPORT THE CONDITION OF SUCH RECORDS TO THE GOVERNOR AT LEAST ONCE A YEAR.
(0) To RECORD ALL PLATS OF LAND LEGALLY AUTHENTI-
CATED AND ~ETU~NED TO HIM DY THE SEVERAL COUNTY SURVEYORS, OR OTHER SURVEYORS ACTING BY AUTHORITY, FOR WHICH G~ANTS ARC SOUGHT, AND TO ATTACH TilE ORIGINALS THEREOF TO THE GRANTS.
(C) To KEEP IN HIS OFFICE CORRECT MAPS OF AIL THE
DIFFERENT SURVEYORS, (MADE I3Y STATE AUTHORITY) AND OF THOSE COMPRISING THE LAND LOTTERIES, THEIR DIVISIONS INTO NUMI3ERS, DISTRICTS, SECTIONS, AND TIE LIKE, HAVING FOR EVERY DISTRICT A SEPARATE MAP.
(D) To KEEP A REGISTER OF THE VARIOUS GRANTEES THERETO, AND TIlE DATES OF THE GRAtJTS.
(E) To KEEP CORRECT MAPS or ALL SURVEYS OF RIVE~S, HARI30RS, SWAMPS, OR LAND, MADE I3Y TI SPECIAL 01 R:CT I ON OF THE GENER,A,L f,SSn1l3L Y.
(F) To CONTR/,CT, WHEN NECESSARY, FOR TilE EXECUTION OF NEW MAPS, OR THE RE-EXECUTION or, OR REPAIR OF, OLD MAPS, SUBJECT TO THE RATIFICATION OF THE GENERAL ASSEMGLY.
18. To CERTIFY FO~ THE STATE CORPORt,Tlerl CHARTERS ON
OrWEp. OF THE JUDGES OF SUPER lOR COURTS, \'7H I CIJ CErn I F I CATES OF THE SECRETARY or STATE~ ACTING AS CORPORATION COMMISSIONER, SHALL I3E A LICENSE TO CORPORATIONS TO
TRANSACT I3USINESS (EXTRA SeSSION No. 259, 1937-1938,
GEORGIA LAWS, PP. 214, 247).
19. To SUPERVISE AND CONTROL ALL STATE ~HARTERED ASSOCIATIOtJS UNDER Til::: BUILD),NG MlO LOM! AcT. (EXTRA SESSION No. 67, 1937-1938, ~EORGIA LAWS, PP. 300-322).
THE SECRETARY OF STATE IS A MEMDER OF TIlE STATE PURCHASlllG 80A~D AND THE STATE HOUSI tJG AUTIIORITY OOMlO.
JOHN B. I'll LSOfJ
SECRETARY OF oTATE
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AlJD TO PROV IDE AND KEEP ON HflND A SUFF IC IENT QUAIn ITY OF SELF-SEALING ENVELOPES OF UNIFORM APPEARANCE AND SUITABLE SIZE AND QUALITY FOR USE IN ELECTIONS flFORESAID.
8. To FURNiSH TO ALL APPLICANTS, \JPON THE PflYMENT OF THE PRESCRI BED FEES, COP IES OF, fiLL rECOP,DS AND PUBL IC DOCUMGlTS WITHIN HIS OFfiCE, AND TO ATTflPlrHE GREAT SEAL OF THE SnTE TO SUCH TRMJSCR IPTS AS THE GOVER'NoR OR GENERAL ASSEtlOLY MAY DIRECT.
9. To RECE IVE, OPEN, COtJSOL IDATE THE VOTE, DECLARE THE RESULT 'AND CErn I FY TO TI1E - GOVErNOR THE RETurNS FOR THE ELECTION OF ALL STATE AND COUNTY OFFICERS AND PROPOSALS TO M1Et-JD THE CmJSTITUTION OF GEOrGIA, EXCEPT STATE CON-
STITUTIONAL OFFICERS AND U. S. SENATORS AND CONGRESSMEN.
10. To DESTROY, QUADRENNIALLY, ALL RETURNS OF ELECTIONS,
ON FILE ItJ II IS OFF ICE, OF THOSE OFF IC IALS WHOSE TERMS OF OFF ICE ~'AVE EXP I RED.
11. To ENFORCE THE GEORGIA SECURITIES t,CT PROVIDltJG FOR T'~ ISSUANCE OF LICENSES TO ALL PERSONS AND COBPORAT IOtJS, \'lHETHER 8ROI<ERS, DEALERS, I SSUERS OR AGENTS, EtJGI\'~ED I tJ SELL I NG STOCI~S, BONDS AND tILL OTHEP, SECUR ITIES TO THE PUBLIC IN THIS STATE.
12. To REQUIRE ALL CORPORATIONS, EXCEPT BAN~S, DOING
BUS I NESS IN GEOnG IA, WHETHER FonE IGtJ 0" Dor~EST IC, TO REGISTER ANNUALLY WITH THE SECRETARY OF GEORGIA.
13. To ADMINiSTER THE GEORGIA TRADE MARK LAW.
14. To GRANT CHARTERS AND P-EtJEWALS AND Al1ENDf.1ENTS, TIERETO TO BANKING, INSURANCE, RAILROAD, CANAL, NAVIGATION, EXPRESS AND TELEGRAPH COMPANIES, CREDIT UNIONS.
15. To HAVE CHArGE OF THE DEPARHlENT OF ARCHIVES AND HISTORY AND APPOINT A DIRECTOR AND STATE HISTORIAN.
SorlE OF THE DUTIES OF THIS DEPAlnnENT ARE:
(A) To PREVENT THE DESTRUCTION or RECORDS AND PROVIDE A CENTP-AL DEPOSITORY IN WHICH TO ASSEMBLE THE OFFICIAL ARCHIVES OF THE STATE.
(0) To COLLECT FROf,1 THE FILES OF OLD I~E\'ISPAPERS, COURT RECORDS, CHURCH RECORDS, PRIVATE COLLECTIONS, AND OTHER SOUP-CES, DATA OF ALL KINDS GEARING UPON THE HISTOP-Y OF THE STATE.
(C) To EtJCQURAGE THE STUDY OF GEORGIA HISTORY IN OUR PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND TO ASSIST IN OUR PATRIOTIC OCCASIONS.
(D) To Cm-1PILE AN OFFICIAL Mm STATISTICAL REGISTER OF TIlE STATE EVERY TWO YEARS.
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-MENT OF THE STATE OTHER THAN TilE JUDICIAL RND LEG1SLAT I VE ORANCHES THEPEOF." IT prOH I D I TS THE UEPARHIENTS,
Cor.1M I SS IONS, I NST I TUT IONS, OFF I CERS AND BOARDS or THE:
STATE GOVERN~lENT FROI.t EMPLOY I NG COUNSEL I N ANY f~ATTER VlHATSOEVE:R, ALTHOUGH THE GOVERtJOR MAY" I N SPEC I F IC I NSTANCES AND ON SPECIAL CAUSES," APPOINT "SPECIAL ASSISTANTS FOR SUCH SPECIFIC SERVICE" IN HIS DISCRETIOtJ, V7HEN THE fJEED AR I SES, MID F I X nlE I R Cm,1PENSAT I ON.
ACTIVITIES: [JRIEFLY STATED, THE THINGS '11HICH THE ATTORNEY GENERAL MAY DO ArE TIESE:
1. HE ~,lAY RENDER OP I N IONS TO THE GOVERNOR OR TO ANY
DEPARTflEfJT OF THE STATE, \'IHEN REQU I RED PY TIIF GOVERNOrSO TO DO, PROVIDED THE OPINION IS corHiECTED \'lITIi THE INTEREST OF THE STATE, or. \'IITI-I TilE DUTIES OF ANY OF THE
DEP/IRTMENTS. I f~ ACTUAL PRACT I CE, TilE ATTOrWEY GENERAL
FURNISHES OPINIOfJS DIRECTLY TO THE VARIOUS ST/,TE DEPARTMDJTS, VI I THOUT TilE FOR/,tAL I TY or THE CONCURRENCE or THE GOVERNOR IN THE REQUEST.
2. AT THE DIRECTION or THE GOVERNor, HE nAY DEFEND ANY
SU I T DROUGHT AGA I NST THE STATE, OR ANY DEPARTl,lENT OR OFFICIAL OF THE STATE, WIERE THE INTErESTS or THE STATE ARE INVOLVED, OR THE SUIT IS UNDER PRETENSE OR A CLAIM INCONSISTENT WITH THE SOVEREIGNTY, JURISDICTION OR RIGHT OF THE STATE.
3. HE flAY I NST I TUTE SU I TS ON GEHALr or THE SH,TE, OR
ANY DEPArTMENT OR AGENCY OF THE ST/,TE, AT THE DIRECTION OF THE GOVEr-NOR.
4. HE t.1AY APPEAR ON DE HALF or THE STATE I N THE PROSECUTION OF CRIMINAL CASES IN THE TRIAL COURTS, WHEN REQU I PED TO DO SO OY THE Govcrmor, OR \'lHEN THE SOL I C I TOR GENERAL IS PROSECUTED.
5. HE MAY APPEAr ON BEHALF OF THE StATE IN THE SuprEME COURT' I N. ALL CAP I TAL FELONIES.
6. HE MAY ACT AS THE LEGAL ADViSOr-OF Till:: GOVeRt-lOr,
WHEN CALLED UPON IN SUCH CAPACITY.
7. He MAY ADV I SE THE GENeRAL /\SSEMBL Y, OR E I THt:R DRMICH
THEREOF, WHEN CALLED UPON, AND AID IN THE PREPA~ATION OF BILLS.
BELOW ARE, BRIEFLY, THE THINGS WHICH THE ATTORNEY GENERAL MAY NOT DO:
1. HE CANNOT CONSENT FOR TI-fE STATE TO OE SUED. (' HAVE
BEEN REQUESTED, ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS, TO CONSENT TO A SUIT DEING BROUGHT AGAINST THE STATE. THE ATTORNEY GENERAL HAS NO SUCH AUTHORITY. NEITHER HAS ANY OTHER STATE OFFICER. A CONSENT ON THE PART OF TI STATE TO BE SUED MUST BE rOUND IN SOtlE LEG I SLAT I VE ENACTMENT.
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DEP.....RTMENT OF LAW

OFFICERS
M. J. YEOMANS, ATTORNEY GENERAL

MARSHALL L. ALLISON ELL! S G. ARNALL
DUKE DAVIS
w.HERSCHEL E. SMITH GLENN THOMAS BROADUS B. ZELLARS

ASSISTANT ATTORNEY GENERAL

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CREAT ION AND AUTHOR ITY: ART ICLE VI, SECT ION X, PAr.AGRAPH I I OF THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF GEOR-
GIA MADEPROVISIONS FOR AN ATTORNEY GENERAL OF THIS
STATE, WHO SHALL BE ELECTED BY THE PEOPLE AT THE SAME
T IME, FOi< THE SAME TERM AND IN THE SAME MAf~NER AS THE GOVERNOR.

THE DEPAr.TMEtJT OF LAW IS VESTED WITH COMPLETE AND EXCLUSIVE JUi<ISDICTION IN ALL MATTERS OF LAW RELATING.TO EVEi<Y DEPARTMENT OF THE STATE OTHER THAN THE JUDICIAL-~N~ LEGISLATIVE BRANCHES THEREOF.

PURPOSE: THE DUTY OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL SHALL BE TO ACT AS THE LEGAL ADVISER OF THE EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT TO REPRESENT THE STATE IN THE SUPREME COURT IN ALL CAPITAL FELONIES; AND IN ALL CIVIL AND CRIMINAL CASES IN ANY COURT WHEN REQUIRED BY THE GOVERNOR AND TO PERFORM SUCH OTHER SERVICES AS SHALL BE REQUIi<EO OF HIM BY LAW.

ORGANIZATION: THE REORGANIZATION ACT OF 1931 PROVIDES FOR A DEPARTMENT OF LAW WITH THE ATTORNEY GENERAL AS THE HEAD THEi<EOF, WITH SIX ASSISTANT ATTORNEYS GENERAL OF EQUAL RANK AMONG S~ID ASSISTANTS. THEY ARE REQUIRED' TO DEVOTE THEIR ENTIRE TIME TO THEIR DUTIES, AND MAY NOT OTHEi<WISE ENGAGE IN THE PRACTICE OF LAW. THE ATTORNEY GENERAL APPOINTS ONE OF SIX ASSISTANT ATTORNEYS GENERAL AND THE OTHER FIVE ARE APPOINTED BY THE GOVERNOR, WITH THE APPROVAL OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL, AND SUBJECT TO CONFIRMATION BY THE SENATE.

ONE OF THE SAID ASSISTANT ATTORNEYS GENERAL SHALL SERVE THE HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT AS ITS SPECIAL ATTORNEY, AND ANOTHER SHALL SERVE THE PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION
AS ITS SPECIAL ATTORNEY; THE SALARIES OF THE TWO SAID ASSISTANTS SHALL BE PAID OUT OF THE FUNDS OF SAID RESPECTIVE DEPARTMENTS.

THE REORGANIZATION ACT VESTS THE DEPARTMENT OF LAW "WITH COMPLETE AND EXCLUSIVE AUTHORITY AND JURISDICTION IN ALL MATTERS OF LAW RELATING TO EVERY DEPART-

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..., HE C,\t,!lJOT OR! NG SU I TS ON OEH/,LF OF THE ST!, TE eXCEPT ,'IT TliE 0 I RECT I ON 0, THE GOVEr-flO". IT I-U,S DEEH HELD 0'0' TilE SUP~:ErlE Cour~T OF THE UNITE') STATCS T!JAT WHERE A SUIT IS INSTITUTED IN THE NAME OF A STATE, BY TIE ATTORNEY GENErAL OF THE STATE, IT WILL BE CONCLUSIVELY prESUMED TllAT TilE !,CTION IS !,UTHOPIZED, THIS RULING, liO\'JEVEi':, DOES NOT ENL,-\RGE TilE STATUTORY AUTHOR I TY OF TI-IE ATTORNEY GCtlEf'!,L. IT SIMPLY PPEsur,1ES Tlil\l WH,\TEVEr HAY DE tJr:cesS/,PY TO SUCH AUTIiOR I TY HAS DEEN DONE.
3. THE ATTOrtlCY GENERAL liN:; NO AUTHOriTY TO ret,JDEr
or I N I OtIS TO Pi< I VATE I NO I V I DUALS. TilE DEPARTMENT OF LAY! H,\S H,\D, MJD ST I LL 1i,\S, I, L/,pGe VOLU!,1E OF CORPESPONDEtJCE \'llTli PEOPLE OVEr: TilE STATe, \'IliO SEEI< ADVICE UPON V/,RIOUS LEG\L QUEST I otJS. VlliErE SUCIl A REQUEST DOES NOT REL,\TE TO PENDING LITIGATION, "IE TRY TO ANS\'JER THESE QUESTIONS, ALV1AYS r1M~H,IG IT PL/\IN TH/,T THE ANSWER GIVEtJ IS NOT TO DE Ttd~EN AS /If 1 or I N I ON OF TilE ATTORNEY GEtJErAL, OUT HERELY AS TilE rERSONAL OPINION OF TilE VlrITE". PERI1APS TilE pr:/,CT I CE OF AtJSWER I NG SUCH I NQU I R I ES SHOULD DE ADANDONED ALTOGETHER, OUT, FOR OBVIOUS REASONS, THiS WOULD DE I1M~D TO DO.
4. TI;1: ATTOrWEY GEtJG!AL, AS SUCH,HI\S NO f,UTIIORITY TO
,'.DVISE TilE VARIOUS COUNTIES ,\ND CiTIES OF TilE SH,TE. liE IS A STATE OFFiCER, AND HIS DUTIES ARE CONFINED OY LAW
TO 11ATTERS PELATING TO THE STATE GOVErnmENT. HE IS tJOT
AN OVERLORD OF THE LEGAL AFFAIRS OF THE COUNTIES OR CITIES. AN OPltJlON FURNISHED A COUNTY OR CITY 0'0' THE ATTORNEY GENERAL, (AND I N AN EFForT TO DE IIELPFUL HE HAS FURNI SHED THOUSANDS), liAS NO tl0PE FORCE OR EFFECT THAN THE OPINION OF ANY OTHER LAWYER, WHO MIGHT CE CONSULTeD.
5. THE ATTORNEY GENERAL HAS NO AUTHORITY TO VOLUNTEER
AOV I CE TO THE GOVERNOR or. THE HEAD OF ANY DEPAln:1ENT.
HE ~AY FURtJlSH HIS OPINION WHEN IT IS REQUESTED, CUT UN-
TIL iT IS REQUESTED HE IS WHOLLY WITHOUT AUTH08ITY. HE IS tJOT THE GUARD I AN OF THE SH,TE' S AFFA I RS NOR THE OVEi':LORD OF THE DEPARTMENTS. HE CAN ONLY SPEAI< \'Jt~N SPOKEN TO.
G. TH[: ATTORNEY GENER,\L HAS tJO AUTHOR I TY TO COilPR0t11 SE TAX CLA 11,15.
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FAITHFUL rECORD IN A DOOK OF ALL WARRANTS DRAWN DY THE GOVERNOR ON THE TRE,~SURY, STAT I NG THE NUMDER OF THE WARRANT, THE AMOUNT, THE DATE AND THE PAYEE or THE
SAME, AND TO WHAT FUND THE SAt-IE IS CHARGEABLE, "d~D HE
SHALL CAREFULLY KEEP ON FILE SAID WARRANTS.

3. LEDGER AND ENTRIES THEREIN.--To I~EEP A GENERAL LEDGEi'1 OF ACCOUNTS, INTO \1H ICH HE SHALL ?OST ALL THE RECE IPTS AND DI SDURSEf.lENTS UNDEr. THE HE,\DS TO \'IH ICH TilEY
PROPERLY DELONG.

4. BANK ACCOUNTS.--To KEEP ACCOUNTS, IN TiE BOOKS OF HIS OFFICE, WITH TIlE DIFFErENT SL\TE DEP031TORIES IN WHICH THE PUDLIC REVENUE or MONEY IS DEPOSITED.

5. CASH ACCOUNTS; QUARTERLY BALANCING.--To KEEP A GENERAL CASH ACCOUNT, \'lH I CH SHALL DE BALANCED ,n THE EX-
P I RAT I ON OF EACH QUARTEr OF THE FISCAL YEAr., 5 HO\'7 I NG
THE BALANCE IN THE TREASURY AT THE END OF EACH QUARTER.

6. CHECK DOOK AND STUDS.--To KEEP CHECK DOOKS, WITHIN

WH ICH THERE SHALL BE SU ITADLE l'lM,G INS. THE CHECI(S

SHALL DE NUMBERED BY UUf1GErS ON THE MArG I NS CORRESPOND I NG

I'J ITH THE NUI,10ERS UPON THE CHECI~S; AND HE SHALL NOTE

IN THE MARGIN THE DATE AND AMOUNT OF THE CIECK, TIE

APPflOPRIATION TO WHICH IT SHt,LL DE CHARGED, MID THE

PERSON TO WHOrl IT SHALL DE ISSUED; AND HE SHALL Bt,LAUCE

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HIS ACCOUNTS WITH ALL BANKS OR OTHER DEPOSITORIES HOLDIfJG STATE DEPOSITS !,S OFTEN AS ONCE IN [,\CII I!lONTH.

7. PAYMENT ONLY TO PURPOSE FOR WHICH FUND APPROP~IAT ED.--To PAY ALL FUNDS PLEDGED TO THE PUBLIC DEBT, OR IIHEREST THEREON, OR TO MJY ODJECT OF EDUCATION, Mm TO THESE OBJECTS ONLY, AND IN NOWISE TO ANY OTHER PUr-POSE. ALL PAYMENTS FRor,1 THE TREASUry SHALL BE PA 10 FROI,! THE FUND .APPROPRIATED FOR SUCH PURPOSE, AND NOT FOR ANY OTHER.

8. QUARTERLY REPORT TO THE GOVERNOR.~-To MAKE A WflITTEN REPORT, UNDEfl OATH, AT THE END OF EVERY QUARTER OF THE YEAR TO THE GOVERNOR, OF THE SEVERAL AMOUNTS RECE IVED BY HI 1,1 OUR I NG TilE THrEE MONTHS PRECED I NG SUCH REPORT; AND TO ALSO SUor.lI T TO THE GOVER/JOR ITEt,11 ZED MONTHLY REPO?TS OF THE CONDITION AND TRANSACTIONS OF THE TREASURY.

9. DEPOSIT IN BANKS; SUPERVISION THEREOF BY GovERNor.-To KEEP SAFELY CERTIFICATES OF STOCK, STATE BONDS, AND OTHER EVIDENCES or EDUCATIONAL FUND, AND MANAGE AND
CONTROL TilE SAi~E FOR THE PU~POSE TO WH ICH THEY ARE PLEDGED.

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STATE TREASURER

OFFICERS

GEORGE B. HAMILTON HORACE HIXON

STATE TREASURER ASSISTANT TREASURER

CREATION AND AUTHORITY: THE OFFICE OF STATE TREASURER WAS ESTABLISHED BY THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE
OF GEORGIA, ADOPTED IN 1877, ARTICLE V, SECTION I I, AS
AN EXECUTIVE OFFICER OF THE STATE GOVEmJMENT. THE STATE TREASURER IS ELECTED BY THE PERSONS QUALIFIED TO VOTE FOR r',lEMBERS OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY AT THE SAME T I~lE AND IN THE SAME MANNER AS THE GOVERNOR.
ORGMJlZATlotJ: THE AFFAIRS OF THIS OFFICE ARE DIRECTED BY THE STATE TREASURER, WHO HAS AUTHORITY TO APPOINT AN ASSISTANT TREASURER AND ALL OTHEr. CLERKS THAT ARE NECESSAr.y TO C,\RRY ON THE OUT IES OF THE OFF ICE.
ACTIVITIES: THE DUTIES OF THE STATE TREASUr.ER ARE:
1. MONEY AND WARRANTS.--To RECEIVE AND KEEP ALL THE MONEY VIIIICB SHALL BE PAID TO HIM IN BEHALF OF THE STATE (GIVING CERTIFICATES THEr.EFOR, WHICH SHALL SPECIFICALLY SET FORTH THE AMOUNT, ON WHAT ACCOUNT, AND BY WHOM PAID, AND SH,\LL BE LODGED AS VOUCHERS I N THE COMPTROLLER IS OFFICE), AND TO PAY OUT THE SAME ONLY UPON THE WARRANTS OF THE GOVERNOR, WHEN COUNTERSIGNED BY THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL, EXCEPTING THE DRAFTS OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE AND SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTAT IVES FOR SU!lS DUE TO THE MEMBERS OF THE IR RESPECT IVE BODIES.
2. BOOK OF ACCOUNTS AND WAr.RANTS.--To KEEP A DURABLE
BOOK WHEREIN HE SHALL ENTER EACH DAY, IN CHARGE AGAINST HIMSELF, ALL AND EVERY SUM OF MONEY RECEIVED BY HIM, STAT ING FROM ','7HOI,' AND ON \1HAT ACCOUNT RECE IVED, AND PER CONTRA, CREDITING HIMSELF WITH ANY AND ALL SUMS DISBURSED BY HIM IN ANY MANNER, STATING TO WHOM PAID, WHEN PAle, AND ON WHAT ACCOUNT OR PURPOSE PAID; AND FOR ALL DISBURSEMENTS WHATSOEVER, HE SHALL TAKE RECEIPTS or. OTHER VOUCHERS THEREFOR. HE SIIALL ALSO KEEP A TRUE AND

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IG. IN ACCORDANCE WITH ACT 44, GEORGIA LAWS, SPECIAl
SESSION, 1937-1938, PP. 71-73 TO SET ASIDE rOR A STABILIZATION FUND, 10% OF ALL nmllES RECEIVE:) 3EGINr:I~JG JANUARY 1ST, 1938; TO KEEP A STRICT ACCOUNTING THEREOF; AND TO RETURN YEARLY ANY UNUSED BALANCE TO ALLOCATED FUNDS IN PROPORT I ON TO MloUtn PREV I ')USL Y RECE I VED FRan SUCH ALLOCATED FUNDS. THIS FUND IS TO Tcnr,lINI\TE JANUARY 1ST, 1940. DUTIES AS EX-OFrICIO BOND Cora.lISSIONER: THE ST,HE TREASURER SIIALL BE :X-OFF I C I 0 COlm COMMISS lONER AND I S AUTHOR I ZED TO APPO I NT THE CII I Er CU-:Rl~ IN THE TREASURY DEPARTMENT, OR SOME OTtE~ FIT AND COMPETENT PERSON, TO BE ASS I STANT BOND COr.1ll1 5S I arIER. IT SHALL BE THE DUTY OF THE GOND COWllSSIONER TO FURNISH TO THE INSURANCE COtll,11 "S t or~ER, (CotlPTROLLl:.R GEtJCRAL) SEr.1I-ANNUALLY, A CERTIFIED LIST or ALL COMPANIES OR INDIVIDUALS flAKING DEPOSIT AS THE LAV) REQUIRES, GIVING THE NAt.1E OF THE COMPANY on I ND I V I DUAL, Ti IE Ml0UNT AND KIND OF GOND OR OTHER SECUn.ITY SO DEPOS I TED, V)HEN DUE,
AND SUCH OTHER I NFORMAT ION IN DETA I L ,\S THE I tJSURANCE
COMMISSIONER MAY REQUIRE. GEORGE B. HAMILTON STATE TREASURER
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10. REPORT OF STATE DE8T.--To REPORT ANNlmLLY TO THE

GOVERNOR HIE A!.10UNT OF THE STATE DEBT BEARING INTEREST

FOR EACH YEAR; THE RATE PERCErn PAID ON EACH KIND OF

BOrJDS; THE lUIOUNT OF EACH R.\TE PI\. 10; THE EXCHANGE, IF

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ANY; PRErll UMS ON GOLD, IF ANY; AtJD THE AGGREGATE At.10UNT

Of INTEf:E::::T PA I DIN EACH YEAR, I\ND THE PROBABLE M,IOUNT

DUE AND UNPA I D AT EACH SEr.II-MJrlUAL PAY~NT, .<\tID THE

REASONS FOR SUCH NON-PAYMENT, AS FAR AS CAN BE ASCER-

TAINED BY HIM.

11. CANCELLATION Of DONDS AND COUPONs.--To STAMP OR
MAKR ~PAIDn, IN A PLAIN AND INDELIBLE MANNER, THE COUPONS OR DONDS ON WHICH PAYMENTS ARE MADE, WHEN HE PAYS THE INTEREST Or: PRINCIPAL OF THE STATE DEBT, UPON A WARRANT ISSUED IN HIS FAVOR, AND TO DEPOSIT THE SAME IN THE VAULT OF THE TREASURY, TO BE PRESERVED IN THE TREASU2ER S OFFICE WITH THE SAt1E CARE AS THE FUNDS OF THE STATE, SUBJECT TO THE ORDER OF THE GENERAL ASSEM' BLY.

12. LAPSED APPROPRIATIONS.--NoT TO PAY ANY APPROPRIA-
TION DUE AND NOT CALLED FOR WITllIN SIX MONTHS AFTER THE EXPirATION OF THE FISCAL YEAR FOR WHICH IT IS APPROPRIATED, BUT IT SHALL REVERT TO THE GENERAL FUND IN THE TREASURY.

13. REPORTS FILED, WHEN.--To MAKE ALL REQUIRED ANNUAL REPORTS TO THE GOVERNOR ON OR BEFORE THE 31ST DAY OF DECEMBER; SAME TO BE FILED IN HIS OFFICE, AND BY HIM LAID BEFORE THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY, IN CONNECTION WITH HIS FIRST REGULAR ~ESSAGE Tf~REAFTER.

14. CONTENTS OF REPORTS.--To CONTAIN IN HIS ANNUAL REPO~TS ONLY TilE AVAILABLE FUNDS OR CASH IN THE TREASURY AS THE BALANCE THEREIN, TO REPORT, SEPARATELY FROM Tf~ COMPTROLLER GENERAL, AND UNDER THE HEAD OF "ASSETS BELONGING TO THE STATE" ALL BANK OR RAILROAD STOCKS OR BONDS, OR OTHER ASSETS; THE STATE ROAD TO BE REPORTED WITHOUT ANY STIPULATED VALUE. HE SHALL MAKE SUCH TRANSFERS OR ALTERATIONS ON HIS BOOKS AS ARE NECESSARY TO COMPLY WITH THIS SECTION. ALL UNCURRENT FUNDS SHALL REMAIN IN THE TREASURY, AND BE OMITTED FROM THE ANNUAL r-EPORTS.

!S. EXPENSES OF DEPARTMENTS OF STATE GOVERNMENT, HOW PAID.--To PAY OUT OF FUNDS IN THE STATE TREASURY THE COSTS AND EXPENSES OF THE MAINTENANCE AND SUPPORT OF EVERY DEPARTMENT, COMMISSION, BUREAU, AND OTHER BRANCH OR AGENCY OF THE STATE GOVERNMENT BY VfARRMH OF THE GOVERNOR DRA\"1N OtJ APPROPRIATIONS DULY MADE BY THE GEN
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6. To SEE THAT NO DRAFT OR WARR~NT SHALL BE
COUNTERSIGNED BY HIM TO BE PAID OUT OF ANY APPROPRIATED FUND AFTER THE SAME SHALL HAVE BEEN EXHAUSTED.
7. To RECEIVE AND KEEP SAFELY AND COLLECT ALL EVIDENCES OF DEBT DUE TO THE STATE FROM ANY OTHER SOURCE THAN TAXES, AND PAY OVER THE SAME TO THE TREASURER AS SOON AS COLLECTED.
8 To KEEP A BOOK IN WHICH TO ENTER ALL BONDS
TAKEN AND TO FILE THE ORIGINALS IN HiS OFFICE.
9 To HAVE MADE SUITABLE INDEXES TO THE RECORD
BOOKS IN HIS OFFICE.
10 To CERTIFY UNDER HIS OFFICIAL SEAL COPIES OF ANY PAPERS KEPT IN HIS OFFiCE, WHEN COPIES ARE NECESSARY FOR PUBLiC USE, OR WHEN COPIES ARE REQUIRED FOR PRIVATE USE, FOR WHICH APPLiCATION AND PAYMENT OF HIS LEGAL FEES HAVE BEEN MADE 0
11, To RECORD APPROPRiATIONS AND WARRANTS
12 To FURNISH TO EACH CLERK OF THE SUPERIOR COURT
OF THE SEVERAL COUNTIES, A LiST OF THE LOTS OF ALL WILD LANDS LYING iN THE COUNTiES
13 To MAKE ANNUAL REPORT TO GOVERNOR SHOWING:
(A) ACCOUNTS CURRENT (B) TAXES PAiD (C) CLAIMS DUE TO STATE (D) EDUCATIONAL FUND (E) PUBLiC DEBT (F) THE SALARiES OF ALL OFFiCERS OF THE STATE
COMPTROLLER GENERAL AS INSURANCE COMMISSIONER THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL is CHIEF OFFICER OF THE INSURANCE DEPARTMENT, WHO SHALL BE STYLED "INSURANCE COMo, MISSiONER" HE MAY APPOINT A DEPUTY INSURANCE COMMISSiONER TO A~SIST HIM IN THE DISCHARGE AND PERFORMANCE OF HiS DUTIES.
THE ACTIViTIES OF THE INSURANCE COMMISSIONER SHALL BE:
1, To COLLECT THE CHARGES, FEES, DUES AND TAXES iMPOSED ON INSURANCE COMPANIES AS PROVIDED BY LAW,
2. To EXAMINE INSURANCE COMPANIES DOING BUSINESS
AS ASSESSMENT, FRATERNAL, INDUSTRIAL, OR CHARITABLE COMPANIES,
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CQ11PTROLLER GENERAL

OFFICERS

"Vi. B. I!ARR ISON I~. P.. WRIGHT

COMPTROLLER GENERAL DEPUTY INSURANCE COMMISSIONER

CREiHION AND /lUTiiORITY: THE OFFICE OF COt1PTROLLER G:::NERAL \')AS SET UP I N TilE ADOPT ION 0 F THE CONST ITUT ION OF THE STATE OF GEORGIA IN 1877, ARTICLE V, SECTION I I, AS AtJ EXECUTIVE OFFICER OF THE STATE GOVERNMENT. THE CN:PTrOLLCR GE NERAL ISELECTED GY TilE PERSONS QUAL I F IED TO VOTE FOR MEMI3ERS OF THE GENERAL ASSEt1DLY AT THE SAME T Ir~E AND I N THE SAllE MANtJER AS THE GOVERNOR.
ORG!ltJIZ:iTIOr~: UNDER PROVISIOfJS OF ACT No. 296 (ACTS 1937-'38, SPECIAL SESSION PP. 77 - 188) SETTING U? A DEPARTf,1EiJT OF REVENUE, THE OFFICE OF COt.1PTROLLER GENERAL WAS RELIEVED OF MOST OF ITS RESPONSIGILITIES PERTAINING TO TAXES OUT THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL WAS
COin i IJU[D AS I NSURAtJCE CO:~:. ISS lONER MIO COMPTROLL[R OF
ACCOUNTS.

ACTIVITIES: THE ACTIVITIES OR DUTIES OF THE CowpTROLLER GENERAL ARE:

1. To SETTLE UP THE DUSINESS OF THE OFFICE FOR PREVIOUS YEARS.
~ To ADMINISTER OATHS TO ALL PERSONS IN LIKE MANNER AS JUDGES OF THE SUPERIOR COURTS AND JUSTICES OF THE PEACE.
3. To KEEP AN ACCOUNT SHOWING THE SEVERAL APPROPR ItIT IONS AUTHOR I ZED BY LAW, THE T I ME WHEN THE SAME ARE DRAWN FROM THE TREASURY, IN WHOSE FAVOR AND TO WHAT FUND CHARGED.

4. To EXAMINE, CHECK, AND COUNTERSIGN ALL WARRANTS UPON THE TREASURY DRAWN GY THE GOVERtJOR, PRES I . DE~lT OF THE SEIJATE AND SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESEtJTAT IVES, AND CHARGE THE At.lOUrH TIIEi<EOF TO THE FUNDS ON \'lH ICH TIIEY rt,AY BE RESPECT IVELY DR,I.WN, PREV IOUS TO
THEin OEI"G PRESENTED TO THE TREASURER FOR PAYMENT.

5. To AUDIT ALL ACCOUNTS AGAINST THE STATE AND ALLOW on REJECT THE SA~E I3EFORE THEY ARE SUDMITTED TO THE GOVERNOR.

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I I DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

COMMISSIONER

I
VETERI NARIAN DIVISION

I
LABORATORY DIVISION

I
STATISTICAL DIVISION

I
F'ERTILIZER DIVISION

BUREAU OF MARKETS DIVISION

FOOD AND D~UG DIVISiON

3. To PROCEED AS PRESCRI8ED IN SECTION 56-832 (ACTS 1387, P. 121), WHEN THE INSURANCE CONMISSIONER
HAS REASON TO BELIEVE THAT ANY INSURANCE COMPANY IS INSOLVENT OR FRAUDULENTLY CONDUCTED.
4. To APPOINT TWO FIRE INSPECTORS KNOWN AS STATE
FIRE INSPECTOR, AND AS ASSISTANT STATE FIRE INSPECTOR.
5. To ISSUE LICENSES TO INSURANCE COMPANIES TO DO
BUSINESS IN THIS STATE, WHEN SATISFIED THAT ALL LAWS I~VE 8EEN COMPLIED WITH.
6. To REVOKE LICENSES WHEN NECESSARY.
w. G. HARRISON
COMPTROLLER GENERAL
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O!'GAfJIZATION: THE AFFAIRS OF THE DEPARTHENT orAGRICULTURE ARE AD~INISTERED BY THE COMMISSIONER OF AGRICULTURE, WHO IS ELECTED FOR A TERM OF FOUR YEARS THE FOLLOWING ARE THE MAIN DIVISIONS OF THE DEPARTMENT: FERTILiZER DIVISION, FOOD AND DRUG DIVISION, VETERINARIAN, BUREAU OF MARKETS, STATISTICAL DIVISION AND LABORATORY DIVISION.
ACTIVITIES: THE ACTIVITIES OF THE CorlMlsslONEr OF AGRICULTURE SHALL DE:
1. To HAVE UNDER HIS ESPECIAL CHARGE THE ANALYSIS OF FERTILiZERS. A FAIR SAMPLE OF ALL FERTILIZERS SOLD IN TllIS STATE SllALL BE SUBMITTED TO THE COMMISSiONER, AND THE SAME SHALL BE THOROUGHLY TESTED BY HIM; AND IF ANY BRAND OF FERTILIZERS SO TESTED BY THE COMMISSIONER'S PRONOUNCED OF NO PRACTICAL VALUE, THE SALE OF SAME SHALL DE PROHIBITED.
2. THE COMMISSIONER SHALL REPORT, AS IS HEREINBEFORE SET FORTH, UPON ANY MATTER OF INTEREST IN CONNECTION WITH DAIRYING THAT HE MAY DEEM OF INTEREST TO THE PEOPLE OF THIS STATE.
3 _ I T SHALL DE THE ESPEC IAL DUTY OF THE COMM ISS lONER TO INVESTIGATE AND REPORT, AS IS HEREINBEFORE SET FORTH, UPON THE CULTURE OF WOOL, THE UTILITY AND PROFITS OF SHEEP RAISING, AND ALL INFORMATION UPON THIS SUBJECT THAT HE MAY DEEM OF INTEREST TO THE PEOPLE
4. THE Cor-1l.1ISSIONER SHALL INVESTIGATE THE SUBJECT OF IRRIGATION, AND WHAT PORTION OF THIS STATE CAN BE MOST BENEFITTED THEREBY, AND ALL iNFORMATION UPON THIS SUBJECT THAT HE MAY DEEM IMPORTANT TO THE PEOPLE OF THIS STATE.
5. THE COMMISSIONER SHALL GIVE ATTENTiON TO THE SUBJECT OF FENCING, AND SHALL REPORT AT SUCH TIMES AS HE MA~ DEEM PROPER UPON SAID SUBJECT, AS IS HEREINBEFORE SET FORTI-!.
6. THE COMMISSIONER SHALL ANNUALLY COLLECT, AND PRESENT IN HIS REPORT, STATISTICS AS ACCURATE AND FULL AS POSSIBLE, RELATING TO AGRICULTURE IN ALL OF ITS BRANCHES AS PRACTICED IN THIS STATE. THE STATISTICS THUS COLLECTED SHALL SHOW, BY COUNTiES, TI1E ACREAGE, THE TOTAL YIELD, THE AVERAGE YIELD PER ACRE OF TI1E CROPS GROWN IN THIS STATE.
ACTIVITIES OF THE VETERINARIAN: IT SHALL DE THE DUTY OF THE VETERINARIAN TO:
1. INVESTIGATE AND TAKE PROPER MEASURES FOR THE CONTROL AND SUPPRESSION OF ALL CONTAGIOUS AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES AMONG THE DOMESTIC ANIMALS WITHIN THE STATE, UNDER SUCH RULES AND REGULATIONS AS MAY BE PROMULGATED BY HIM AND APPROVED BY THE COMMISSIONER OF AGRICULTURE.
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICUCTURE

OFFICERS

COLUMOUS ROOERTS - COMMISSIONER

W. C. PERKINS

- ASS'T CO.WISSIONEn

C. A. GILLESPIE
T. F. PURVIS
DR. J. E. BUSH DR. J. M. SUTTON
VIALn:r. PERK I rJS
STILES MARTIN
DR. J. PRESTON YAROROUGH J. C. NE\'HON

FERTILIZER DIVISION FOOD INSPECTOR, FOOD AND DRUG
DIVISION DRUG INSPECTOR STATE VETERINARIAN OUREAU OF MARKETS STATISTICAL DIVISION LAOORATORY D,VISION CASHIER

CREATION MtD AUTHORITY: THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE W~S ESTAOLISHED BY ACT 194, GEORGIA LEGISLATURE, APPROVED FEBRUARY 28, 1874, (ACTS 1874, P. 1) AND WAS AUTHORIZED FEORUARY 28, 1874, (ACTS 1874, P. 5). TH.E Cor,lMISSIONER OF AGRICULTURE IS THE EXECUTIVE AND IS ELECTED DY THE PEOPLE, (ACTS 1889, P. 63). COM~11 ss IONEn OF AGR ICUL TURE TO DE EX-OFF IC I0 COMM I SSIONER OF IMMIGRATION, (ACTS 1894, P. 105). STATE
CHEMIST TO DE EMPLOYED BY COMMISSIONER OF AGRICULTURE, (ACTS 1874, P. 5). AUTHORITY TO INSPECT FOOD AND DRUGS GIVEN AUGUST 1, 1907. INSPECTOR TO BE APPOINTED BY CO~1h1ISSI0NER OF AGRICULTURE VIITH ADVICE OF STATE CHEMIST. SEPARATION or FOOD AND DRUG INSPECTION WAS MADE IN 1906, (ACTS 1906, P. 83). DRUG INSPECTOR TO BE AP-
PO INTED DY CorMll SS lONEr OF AGr ICULTURE UPON RECOMf1EN-
DATION or OOARD OF PHARMACY. FOOD INSPECTOR TO DE AP-
POINTED DY COMMISSIONER OF AGRICULTURE WITH STATE CHEMIST'S RECOMMENDATION, (ACTS 1908, P. 80). GUREAU OF MARKETS CREATED AUGUST 21, 1917, WITH DIRECTOR OF MAR-
KETS, WHO IS APPOINTED BY COMMISSIONER OF AGRICULTURE, AS EXECUTIVE, (ACTS 1917, P. 77). STATE VETERINARIAN, AUGUST 13, 1910, WHO IS APPOINTED BY COMMISSIONER OF AGRICULTURE, ENDORSED BY BOARD OF VETERINARY EXAr~INERS, (ACTS 1910, P. 125).

~mpOSE: THE PURPOSE OF THE AGRICULTURE DEPARTMENT IS TO FACILITATE THE RAISING OF VARIOUS AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS, AND TO II I DIN THE I R PROTECT ION FROM PEST, AND TO DISSE.lINATE THE KNOWLEDGE TO THE GREATEST EXTENT, AND FIX PENALTIES FOR INFRINGEMENT OF LAWS PERTAINING TO THE BRANCH OF STATE GOVERNHENT.

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5 To ASCERTAIN SOURCE OF SUPPLIES, PREPARE AND PUB LIST L,ST OF NAMES AND ADDRESSES OF PRODUCERS AND CON' SiGNORS AND FURNISH THE SAME WITHOUT COST TO THOSE WHO APPLY (GEORGiA CODE, 1935.)
6 To COOPERATE WITH OTHER ORGANIZATIONS OF LIKE NATURE
7 To AID IN FACILiTATiNG TRANSPORTATION AND IN RATES FOR SAME"
8. ACT No. 44 OF THE 1935 LEGISLATURE P 369 AUTHORIZED THE COMMISSIONER OF AGRICULTURE TO ESTABL,SII FARMERS MARKETS THROUGHOUT THE STATE NOT TO EXCEED EIGHT IN NUMBER.
9, THE COMMISSIONER OF AGRICULTURE THROUGH THE BUREAU OF MARKETS, MAY PROViDE EXPERIENCED AND COMPETENT PER SONS TO ACT AS GRADERS AND CLASSIFIERS ON SUCH MARKETS
10. ACTIVITIES OF STATE WAREHOUSE COMMISSiONER, WHO ,S AT THE SAME TIME THE DIRECTOR OF MARKETS, ARE:
1. THE COMMISSIONER SHALL HAVE POWER TO ACQUiRE PROP ERTY It SHALL BE HIS DUTY TO FOSTER AND ENCOURAGE
THE ERECTION OF WAREHOUSES IN VARIOUS COUNTIES, UPON PLANS AND SPECiFiCATIONS ADOPTED BY HIM
2 iT SHALL BE THE DUTY OF THE STATE WAREHOUSE COMMIS
SiONER TO STUDY THE COND TiON UNDER WHICH COTTON is GROWN, HARVESTED" GiNNED BALED" COVERED STORED AND MARKETED AND AS A RESULT OF SUCH INVESTiGATION TO ORGANIZE A SYSTEM THAT WILL BRiNG ABOUT NEEDED REFORMS, AND PROV,DE FOR THE MOST ECONOMiCAL AND SCIENTIFIC HANDLING OF THIS CROP FROM THE FIELDS TO THE MILL. AND WHEN HE SHALL HAVE DETERMINED UPON THE BEST SYSTEM OF GiNNING" BALiNG AND COVERING, TO RECOMMEND iTS ADOPTION BY ALL GINNERS AS FAST AS PRACTICAOLE, WITHOUT UNDUE EXPENSE
3 THE COMMISSIONER SHALL HAVE THE RIGHT TO ERECT, BUY, LEASE, OR OTHERWISE CONTRACT FOR A COMPRESS PLANT, OR MAKE CONTRACT OR CONTRACTS WITH EXISTING COMPRESS OWNERS FOR THE COMPRESSION OF COTTON AS MAY BE NECES" SARY IN THE CONDUCT OF THE BUSINESS UNDER THIS CHAPTER.
DUTIES OF THE STATE CHEMIST ARE: To MAKE ANALYSES OF SAMPLES AND FIX STANDARDS FOR CALCIUM ARSENATE AND OTHER INSECTICIDES AND FUNGICIDES AND MAKE RECORD OF SAME. (ACTS 1920, P. 210 )
COLUMBUS ROBERTS COMMISSiONER
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2. f.\SSW1E CHARGE OF THE WORt~ OF CATTLE T I CI( ERIID I Ct.-
TION IN COOPERATION WITH THE FEDERAL AUTHORITIES, AND SHALL DEVOTE I! I r; WHOLE T I ME TO THE I ~,lPROVEMENT OF THE I f VE STOCK I NDUSTRY or THE 5T,HE.
3. t1.\KE REPORTS UPON IllS V/Or:1( MlNU,\LL'(, THE SAr,lE TO
DE PUOL I SHED I N THE ANNUAL REPORT OF THE CmlM I SS 10lJER OF AGRICULTurE.
ACTIVITIES OF FERTILIZER CURE AU ARE:
1. To INSPECT Cor~nERCIAL FERTILIZErs AND SEE THAT THEY
APE prOpeRLY TAGGED.
To INSPECT WEIGHTS MJD ''oEAsurES OF FERTILIZERS.
ACTIVITIES OF FOOD INSPECTOR ARE:
To I IISPECT FOOD, FEED, MJD, V/HOJ SO ORDErED, TO TRAVEL OVEr STATE SECURING SAMPLES OF ARTICLES AS DIrECTED AND TO ForWARD TO DEPARTMENT FOR EXAMINATION
AND ANALYSIS, (ACTS 1906, P. 83; 1908, P. 80; 1910, P. 84; 1909, P. 281).
ACTIVITIES OF DrUG INSPECTOR ARE:
To VISIT AND INSPECT CO~MERCIAL MANUFACTURING EST,\BLISHrlENTS, CHErllCAL L,\OORATORIES AND RETAIL DrUG
STORES, WHO OFFER THE I r: PRODUCTS FOR SALE I N GEORG It,.
ACTIVITIES OF BurEAU OF MARKETS ARE:
1. To ORGANIZE AND PLAN.
2. To IIJVESTIGt,TE ',lETIIODS AND Pr:ACTICES IIJ CONNECTION
VlIT~! PRODUCTION, HANDLING, STANDARDIZING, GRADING, CLASSIFYING, SORTING, WEIGHING, PACKING, TRANSPORTING, STORING, DISTRIBUTING, INSPECTING AND SALE OF AGriCULTURAL PRODUCTS OF ALL KINJS WITHIN T~E STATE AND ALL t.lXrTErS RELEVMJT THERETO.
3. To GATHER, FORr~ULt,TE MJD D I SSEM I NATE I NFORl1AT I ON
p:::rTAltJING TO THE [3UREAU, IN SUCH FOR:.l, MID AT SUCH TillE AS liE SHALL DEErl ADV I SABLE, AND GY CORRESPONDENCE, PUBLICATIOfJS, ,\DVICE, EXPEPIMENTt,TlorJS OR OY MJY OTllER prACT I Ct,L r.1EAtJS, SHALL KEEP prODUCERS, PURCHASERS MJD CONsurCRS I NForllED OF THE SUPPLY AND DDlAND OF t,LL SUCH Pi"::DUCTS AND OF TilE t'l/\r:KET AT \'Ill I CH SUCH PRODUCE CMJ DE OEST AHD MOST EFFECTIVELY AND MOST ECONOMiCALLY proDU:-ED MlD SOLD.
4. To PUDL I SH PEP I 00 I CAL BULLET I NS SETT I NG FORTI I THE CURRENT MArKET PRICES, AND DATA rEGARDING AVAILADLE SUPPLIES AND DEMAND THEREOF IN VARIOUS LOCATIONS.
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4. To INSPECT ALL ~IURSCRIES Ifl THE STA,E AT INTERVALS
ArJD OY PO\'JER I fNESTED I r-I HI n COI~nWL 110'!EI1Ern Or- NURSERY STOCK ,\S HC SEES FIT.
5. To DECLARE ANY PLAtH OR IfJSECT A 11EIJIlCE WHICH HilS
O::::UJ EXPOSED TO I IHTSTAT I on OR I NFECT lOlL
G. To DECLARE A QUARIINTINE AGAINST ANY PLACE IN THE
STATE, OTHER STIITES OR FOREIGN COUNTRY IF AFTER INVE~'TIGATION TilEY PROVE D,I\NGEROUS TO I,GRICULTur,E IN TilE STATE or GEORGIA.
7, To I NTERCEPT liND I NSPECT Villi U: I tJ TR:NS I T t,ll
PLANTS OR PLANT PRODUCTS liKELY TO CARRY INSECT PESTS OR PllltH DISEASES, AflO TO ;,~AKE DISPOSAL or I,Ll SUSPECTED PLANTS OR PRODUCTS HARGORING DANCCROUS INSECT PESTS OR PLANT DISEASES.
8. To APPOinT ASSISTA~TS AND TO FIX DUTIES AND COMPEN-
SATION.
9. To ENTER INTO COOPERATIVE ARRANGEMENTS WITH ANY
PERSON, nUN I C I P,\l I TY, COUNTY OR OTHER DE PMHt1ENTS or THIS ST/ITE, ArJD 30'RDS, OFFICERS AND AUTIIORITI::::S OF OTIIEH STATES AND or TH:::: UN I TED STATES rOR I NSPECT ION WITH REF::::RENCE TO INSECT PESTS liND PLANT DISEIISES AND FOil TilE CONTROL MJD ERADIC,\T1GtJ THEf<EOF MJD TO CONTRIBUTE A JUST PROPorn I OtJATE SIJM;E OF THE EXPENSES I NCUf'rED urmER SUCH ARRMJGEI1EIJTS.
10. To GIVE PU3LIC INForMATION AND ADVICE ON PREVEN-
TION, CONTROL or. [PADICATION or PESTS OR PLANT DISEASES.
11. To PROVIDE FOf' REGISTrATION or All Gf<O~ERS OF
PLANTS AND NURSERY STOCK IN TI~ STATE.
IJI-IENEVCR "JSP[CTIOI~ DISCLOSES TIL"T ANY :-OlACES, OR Pl,\fJTS or PLANT PRODUCTS, OR OTHEr TH I NGS Of' SUOSTMJCES ARE I NrESTED or INFECTED \'11 TI1 MJ'I DANGEf'OUS I NSECT PEST OR PLANT DISEASE WHIC!i HAS BEEN DECLARED A PuellC NUISMICE, T111: STATE ENTor.l0l0G I ST, OR HIS liCE NTS OR EI~PlO'( EES, SHAll GIVE VlnlTTUJ nOTICE TO TIlE OWIJER, OR OTIIER PERSON IN POSSESSION OR CONTrOL OF THE PLACE WIErE rOUlm, DElIVEf'ED IIJ PERSON or OY R=CISTErCD flAil. SUCH OI'JNEf' or OTI1Ef< S!!Illl P,?OCEED TO CONTPOl, Ert,D I C,\lE OR
PPE'/CllT TilE D I SSEfll NAT I ON or suer: I NSECT PE~>T or PlMJT
D I SEASE, MJD TO REI lOVE , CUT, Of, DCSTROY I fJFESTED OR I NrCCTCD PlMJTS MID PlMJT PSODUCTS OR OTH::r Till NGS or SUO"TMJCES 'liITIIIN TilE TillE MJD IN TilE f1MJlJElc pf<ESCrIOEO
DY ,:,r, 10 tJOT I CE on THE RULES AND REGUlAT IONS 11ADE puP-
SUMJT TO Till S !'CT, UNLESS AN I,PPEAl IS TM':EfJ TO THREE CONSTITUTIONAL STATE OFFICErs DESIGrJATED OY THE GOVERNOR, An APPE,\l flAY DE TAKEtJ VIITIIIH THREE D,\Y5. \'!HEN SO TAKEN IT SHAll BE HEARD AND DETERMINED WITHIN THREE DAYS THEnEAFTEf', DURING WHICH TIME THE APPEAL SHALL ACT AS A STAY OF PROCEEDINGS.
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OEPt,RTHEfJT OF ErHOMOLOGY
OFFICERS
MANNING S YEOMANS STATE E~JTOMOLOGiST
CREATION AND AUTHORITY: IN 1931 THE STATE GOARD
OF ENTOMOLOGY WAS ABOL,SHED AND IN ITS PLACE WAS CREATED THE DEPARTMENT OF ENTOMOLOGY THE STATE ENTOMOlO GIST ,S APPOiNTED BY THE GOVERNOR FOR TERM or FOUR YEAn~
(ACTS 1931, PP. 7 41 )
PURPOSE: THE PURPOSE OF THE STATE ENTOMOLOGIST SII!\LL BE TO PROTECT THE AGR ICULTURAL HORT i CULTURAL AND OTHER S I MILAR I NTERESTS OF TilE STATE FRDr.l lOSSES DUE TO INSECT PESTS AND PLANT AND BEE DiSEASES
ORGANIZATION: THE AFFAIRS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF ENTOMOLOGY ARE 0 I RECTED AND ENFORCED BY TilE STATE Etno MOLOGIST AND ANY ASSISTANTS THAT HE MAY EMPLOY TO CARRY ON THE OPERATION OF THE DEPARTMENT
ACTIVITIES: To MAkE ALL RULES AND REGULAT,ONS SO E!1rOV1ERED TO DO, AND TO PUOl I SH SA I D RULES AND rEGULA r,ONS N OFFICIAL PUBliCAT,ON OF DEPARTMENT or BY GiV NG SUCH OTHER REASONABLE PUBL,C NOT,CE AS MAY BE PR~SCRIBED BY THE STATE ENTOMOLOG,ST
1 To INSPECT OR HAVE iNSPECTED PLANTS PLANT PRO DUCTS OR OTHER THINGS OR SUBSTANCES WHiCH IN HiS OP,N
ON SHALL BE CAPABLE OF HARBORiNG 'NSECT PESTS AND PLANT DISEASES, AND S EMPOWERED TO ENTER ANY PLACE AND TO OPEN ANY PACKAGE THAT IS A POSSIBLE CARRIER OF IN SECT OR DISEASE
2 To CARRY ON iNVESTiGATIONS OF METHODS OF CONTROL,
ERADICATION AND PREVENTiON OF DiSSEMINAT'ON OF iNSECT PESTS AND PLANT DiSEASES AND FOR THAT PURPOSE MAY EMPLOY THE NECESSARY EXPERTS AND MAY RENT, LEASE OR PUR CHASE THE NECESSARY LAND WHEN REQUIRED FOR THIS PURPOSE
3 To VISIT ANY SECTION OF THE STATE WHERE ANY DANGER OUS PEST IS SUPPOSED TO EXIST AND TO DETERMINE WHETHEr ANY INFESTED TREES OR PLANTS OR OTHER THINGS OR SUBSTANCES ARE WORTHY OF REMEDIAL TREAH1ENT OR SHALL BE DESTROYED; AND TO SUPERVISE OR CAUSE THE TREATMENT, CUTTING OR DESTRUCTION OF PLANTS, TREES OR OTHER TltiNGS OR SUBSTANCES WHEN DEEMED NECESSARY TO PREVE~T OR CONTROL THE DjSSEMINATiO~ OF INSECT PESTS AND PLANT DISEASES OR TO ER.t>D I C!,TE SM1E, AND TO PRESCR I BE RULES AND rEGULAT iONS TIErEFor:
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THE ACT IVITIES OF THE DEPARnlENT OF EtJTOnOLOGY HAVE HAD THE FOLLOWING RESULTS; NURSERIES IN GEORGIA ARE ABLE TO SH I P THE IR CErn I F IED STOCI~ ANY\1HERE IN THE UNITED STATES. FARMERS AND GROWERS OF PLANTS, SUCH liS SWEET POTATOES, TOMATOES, PEPPtRS liND TOOACCO, ARE RECEIVING IMPROVED PRICES FOR TIEIR PLANTS. THE DEMAND FOR THE IR PLANTS IS I NCREAS IHG ENOr.t.10USL Y.
THE DEPARTMENT OF ENTor.10LOGY IS RESPONS IOLE FOR ENFORC I NG THE ACT TO PREVENT THE I NTRODUCT ION INTO i\ND DISSEMINATiON WITHIN THE STATE OF GEORGIA OF CONTAGIOUS AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES OF HONEY BEES; PROVIDES FOR THE ERADICATION OF GEE DISEASES; MAKES REGULATIONS rOR CARRYING OUT THE PROVISIONS OF THIS ACT; AND PRESCRIOES A PENAL TY rOR VIOLAT IONS. THE AOOV::: /\CT IVITY OF TltE DcPARTMENT OF ENTOMOLOGY HAS PLACED GEORGIA IN THE FOREFRONT I\S A SH I PPER OF PACKAGE OEES M.l0NG THE SOUTHERf4 STATES.
MANNING S. YEOMANS STATE ENT0110LOG IST
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THE I HTf'ODUCT I ON I NTO Till S ST,\ Te OF I\NY I NSECT I tJ An v STf,GE 0: DeVELOPt1Efn or; SPEClt.l[N OF ANY DISEASE INJUC'IOUS TO PLAnTS, EXCEPT UtJDer; A spec II\L PERI11 T ISSUED BY THE STATE ENTONOLOGIST IS HEREBY PROHIBITED.

t,NY pefCSOrJ, V7HO SHALL VIOL,\TE MJY prOVISION or: RE0UI~EI~NT OF THIS ACT, on or THE RULES AND REGULATIONS [1,\DE TllE::EUrJD:::r, or; or MJY NOTICE GIVDJ PURSU/\NT THErE-
TO, or VlIlO SHI\LL FOrGe, COUNTERFE IT, DEr ACE, DESTROY or; W::O~GFULLY OR INPr;OPERLY USE ANY CERTIFICATE PROVIDED For; IN T~IIS ACT, 0:: IN THE rULES AND rEGULATIONS MADE PURSUMn THErETO, or: V71l0 SHf,LL I NTERrErE \'/ I Tit OR 08-
STrUCT AtJY I NSPECTOR or OTHER EllPLOYCE OR AGEln OF THE
D:::PARH1ENT Ifl TilE PEPForiIANCE OF HIS DUTIES, SHALL DE GU i L TY or II 111 SD[I.~EMJOR MJD UPON CONV I CT I OtJ THEREOF SH,\LL DE PUtJISIlED AS prOVIDED OY LA\'l.

THe DEi'/\f'TI1ENT OF Etn0f'10LOGY I S AUTHOR I ZED TO SET Ti Ie STMWArDS OF ALL f,GR I CUL Tur;AL I IJSECT I C I DES MID FurJGICIDES OFFErED For SALE IN GEORGIA.
AN II~Por;TMn ACTIViTY OF THE DEPArnrlENT OF ENTOflOLOGY I S FOSTEr I NG I tJDUSTr! C:S, WH I Cll ArE L,\rGELY DEPEIJDENT FOr:: THE 11M~I([T I fIG OF TI;E I r PRODUCTS UPON ccrn I F 1CATES OF PLMJT S/\fJ I Tt,T I OfJ , WIIICH CAN DE ISSUED ONLY CY Till S OrGAN I Zf,T I OIJ.

TillS DEPArTMnn 11AINTAltJS AN EXPEPlt1Eln STf,TION FOR THE STUDY OF CONTPOL MEAsurES FOR INseCTS AND DISEA-
SES f,FFEeT I NG ,1\PfSlES-, PEACHES MID TRUCK CROPS. i<ESUC. TS
OF EXPEi: 111ENTS ArE PUOL I SilEO IN OULLET I NS SENT FrEE TO CITIZEns OF TilE STATE. TlliELY SPRAY ADVICE IS flAILED
TO sOt1::: 400 t,PPLE GrOY/EPS AND sor1E 1350 PEACH GROWEf<S
SEVE"f,L TillES EACH SEASON. TilE ST;\TION STf,FF ALSO VISITS I1MN orCIlARDS I rJ r.ESPONSE TO rEQUESTS FOi< ASS I STAlJCE.

TilE I3PEED I tJG or PArAS I TES OR INSECT FRUIT DESTrOYING ItJSECTS, FOR LIDERATION OF n:E SU,TE, IS PROV I NG VERY EFFECT I VE I rJSECT PESTS.

ENEI,II ES OF IN THE Of<CHARDS FOR COI,1OAT I NG

THE DEPAPTMENT Or ErJT0l10LOGY IS CALLED UPON CONSTANTLY OY THE CITIZENS TO GIVE ADVICE UPON THE CONTROL OF INSECT PESTS AND PLANT DISEASES.
TillS DEPArTI1ENT COOPERATES \'IITH THE U. S. BUREAU
OF ENTOMOLOGY AND PLANT QUAf<ANTINE; CONDUCTS EXPERIMENTS For THE COfnrOL or INSECTS; COOPEr:I\TES I N THE CONTr:OL OF
ErAD I CAT I ON CAI/IPA I GNS; AND, WITH THE U. S. BUr.EAU OF PLANT I tJDUSTRY, CONDUCTS EXPEr 111EtHS FOR THE CONTROL or PLANT
D I S':ASES.

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iJAV/\L STORES SUPE~V I S I i~G ItJSPECTOR
OFFICERS i:EilER E. DELo,\CH, tltNAL STORES SUPEf<V I SING INSPECTOR

CREAT I ON A tJD AUTHOR ITY : THE DEPARTMENT OF NAVAL
STORES SUPERVISING INSPECTOR WAS CREATED 8Y ACT No. 396 OF THE GeNERAL ASSE~CLY OF GEORGIA, AUGUST 17, 1903, (STAT. 1903, PP. 77, 79.)

PURPOSE: To Pf<EVENT AND PROHIBIT TliE ADULTERATION
OF SPIRITS OF TURPOITINE AND NAVAL STORES, MlO TO PPOV I DE FOR THE APPO I rn!1ENT I\ND DUT I ES OF THE SUPEPV I SING INSPECTOR OF NAVAL STO~ES, AND TO PRESCRIBE FORFEITURES AtJD PEi'JAL TIES FOR THE V I OLAT I on A1lO !,lETHODS FOP. THE EN-
FORCE:1EtJT OF THE PROV 151 ON OF Til I S /l,CT.

ACTIVITIES: THE DUTIES OF THE NAVAL STORES SUPEf<-
V I SING ! IJSPECTOR ARE:

f

To or HAVE GENERAL SUPERVISION AND DIRECTION

ALL

IrJSPECTOPS OF NAVAL STORES, AND TO SEE THAT THEY FAIRLY

ArlO H01JeSTL Y PErFORrl ALL DUT I ES I tlPOSED UPON TIIErl IN

TilE l'lMJNEr. PROVIDED BY LA\'].

2. To HAVE SUPERVISION OF ALL NAVAL STORES, PLANTS,
'(M,DS AtJD \'IAP.EHOUSES.

To 3.

SEE THAT NO ADULTERATION OF NAVAL STorES IS COM-

rtlTTED IrJ THIS STATE.

THE SUPEPV I SING Ir'JSPECTOR SHALL ALSO PERFORll SUCH MJD OTHER DUTIES AS flAY DE COHFERRED UPON HII,' DY LAW, OUT HE SH,\LL (,JOT PERFORll THE DUT I ES OF AI~ I NSPECTOR EXCEPT \'IHErJ NECESSARY TO DETEm: I NE THE CORRECTNESS OF ANY I rJSPECT I ON ",\DE 8Y AN I lJSPECTOR.

E. REMER

DeLoACH

NAVAL STORES SUPERVISING

INSPECTOR

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I PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION

I

I
MOTOR CARRIER INSPECTION DIVISION

CHAIRMAN

-,
TRANSPORTATION RATE DIVISION

UTILITY RATE DIVISION

ORGANIZATION ArJD STAFF: THE RULES OF THE COMMISSION SPECIFY THE DUTIES OF THE CHAIRMAN AND FOUE MEMBERS. MUCH OF THE ROUTINE WORK IS DIVIDED i\HONG COMMITTEES NAMED BY THE CHAIRMAN, THESE COMMITTEES BEING
COMPOSED OF TWO MEMBERS AND THE CHt, I RMAN AS EX-OFF IC 10
MEMBER. THE FULL MEMBERSHIP ATTENDS ALL PUBLIC HEARINGS AND EXECUTIVE MEETINGS OF THE BOAnD, SO FAn AS PRACTICABLE, AND PARTICIPATE I~ THE FINDINGS AND DECISIONS OF THE COMMISSION UPON ALL MATTERS COMING BEFORE IT. No ORDER IS ISSUED EXCEPT ON A VOTE OF AT LEAST THREE MEMBERS. THE LAW PROVIDES FOR THE SELECTION BY THE COMMISSION OF A SECRETARY, AND FunTHER THAT IT MAY EMPLOY SUCH EXPERTS, ENGINEERS, STATISTICIANS, ACCOUNTANTS, CLERKS, STENOGRAPHERS, AND INSPECTORS AS IT MAY DEEM NECESSARY TO CARRY OUT THE PROVISIONS OF THE LAW.
THE WORK OF THE COMMISSION IS DIVIDED INTO THREE MAIN DIVISIONS:
1. THE TRANSPORTATiON RATE DIVISION, WHICH SUPERVISES RATES, FARES AND CHARGES TO BE COLLECTED BY STEAM RAILROADS AND RELATED TRANSPORTATiON FACILlTltS, AS WELL AS l.l0TOR BUS AND TRUCK COMPAN IES OPE RAT I NG FOR HIRE.
2. THE UTILITY RATE DIVISION, WHICH SUPERVISES THE
RATES AND SERVICE OF THE REMAINING UTILITIES UNDER THE JURISDICTION OF THE COMMISSION.
3. THE MOTOR CARRIER INSPECTION DIVISiON, WHiCH IS
CHARGED WITH THE ENFORCEMENT OF THE- LAWS AND RULES OF THE COMMISSION, REGULATING THIS FORM OF TRANSPORTATION, INCLUDiNG SAFETY REqUIREMENTS, INSURANCE PROVISIONS, RATES,AND SERVICE.
ACTIVITIES: THE ACTIVITIES OF THIS COMMISSION ARE MANIFOLD BUT SUMMARlztD IN ONE WORD, -- THEY ARE ALL PURELY "REGULATORY" I N CHARACTER. THE Cor'lM I SS iON V'IAS CREATEP BY THE LEGISLATURE AND ENDOWED VIITII CERTAIN LEGISLATIVE, AS WELL AS CERTAIN QUASt-JUDICIAL AUTHoriTY NECESSARY AND NEEDFUL IN fHE CARRYING INTO EFFECT THE PROVISIONS ~F THE STATUTES AGOVE REFERRED TO. FOR MANY YEARS THE WORK OF THE COMMiSSION WAS CARRIED ON GY THE CHAIRMAN, THE SECRETARY A~D THE RATE EXPERT, TOGETHER WITH THE NECESSARY STENOGRAPH IC HELP. THE OTHER FOUR COMMiSSIONERS GAVE ONLY PART TIME TO THE WORI<. TODAY THE WORK HAS SO ! NCREASED TH;-\T ALL OF THE COMM i SStONERS GIVE THEIR FULL TIME TO THt DUTIES OF THEIR OF"FICE AND THE WORK IS DIVIDED AS OUTLINED AGOVE.
1. THE TRANSPORTATION RATE DIVISION HAS CHARGE OF
RAILROAD, TRUCK AND BUS RULES, REGULATIONS AND RATES. THIS DIVISION IS HEADED BY A CHiEF RATE CLERK. THE WORK OF THIS DiVISION ,5 OF IMPORTANCE AT THIS PARTICULAR TIME, BECAUSE THE SOUTHEASTERN STATES ARE MAKING AN EFFORT TO RELiEVE DISCRIMINATION IN FREIGHT RATES.
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STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

OFFICERS DR. M. D. COLLINS STATE SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS

STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION

GOVERNOR E. D. RIVERS CHAiRMAN

DR R. J. KENNEDY
MRS FRANK DAVID
DR. W, A. SHELTON
MRS. ELIZABETH MCWATERS
'ViI. W. MCCAY

MRS. A. B. CONGER JUDGE ALVAN H. FREEMAN
H C, WILL lAMS
S I WATSON
W C CLARY, JR

CREATION ArJD AUTHORITY: THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCA TION WAS ESTABLiSHED BY ACT OF LEGiSLATURE iN 1868 ITS EXECUTIVE WAS STATE SCHOOL COMMISS,ONER UNTIL 1911, WHEN HE WAS DESiGNATED STATE SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENT IN THE ACTS OF 1919 (PAGE 200) THE BOARD OF EDUCATiON WAS ESTABLISHED, COMPOSED OF FOUR APPOINT,VE MEMBERS, WITH THE GOVERNOR AND SUPERiNTENDENT EXOFFIC.O MEMBERS THE STATE BOARD OF EDUCATiON WAS CREATED BY ACT No 34, 1937 CODE, PAGE 864

PURPOSE: ACT No 34 WAS ENACTED TO PRESCR,BE THE QUALIFiCATiON OF THE MEMBERS, FIX THEIR TERMS OF OFFiCE, DEFiNE THEIR DUTIES, PROV'DE PENALTIES FOR VIOLATON OF THIS ACT, AND REPEAL CERTAiN SECTIONS OF THE 1933 CODE

ORGANIZATION: THE BOARD HAS ELEVEN MEMBERS AS FOLLOWS: THE GOVERNOR AND ONE MEMBER FROM EACH OF THE 10 CONGRESSIONAL D,STRiCTS OF GEORGIA, APPOiNTED BY THE GOVERNOR, BY AND WITH THE ADVICE AND CONSENT OF THE SENATE.

THE STATE SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS SHALL BE ELECTED BY THE PEOPLE AT THE SAME TIME AND IN THE SAME MANNER AS HIE GOVERNOR AND OTHER STATE OFFICERS. THE SUP ERINTENDENT IS EXECUTIVE SECRETARY OF THE BOARD AND ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER OF THE DEPARTMENT. IN THE LATTER CAPACITY HE ADMINISTERS AND ENFORCES THE REGULATIONS ADOPTED BY THE BOARD.

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I I DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES

I
MINES - MINING AND GEOLOGY
DIVISION
I
WILD LIFE DIVISION

COMMISSIONER

I
STATE PARKS HISTORIC SITES AND MONUMENTS DIVlSION
I
FORESTRY DIVISION

10. To PRESCRIBE STANDARD REQUIREMENTS FOP. ALL SCHOOLS
OF HIGIR LEARNING, WHICH CONFER DEGREES OR ISSUE DI-
PLOW,S. No CHARTEn, GRANT ING THE RIGHT TO CONFER DE-
CREES OR DIPLOMAS, SHALL DE ISSUED UNTIL A CERTIFICATE Of THE [30."'10 HAS BEEN OBTAINED, SHOWING THE BOARD'S REc;U I ROIENTS HAVE OEEIJ MET.
ACTIVITIES OF THE STATE SUPERIlHENDENT OF SCHOOLS
SHALL DE:
1. To AD~ll N15TErl AND ENFORCE THE BOARD'S REGULAT IONS.
(ACTS 1919, PAGE 313)
2. To VISIT, EXAMINE, AND INSPECT, AS OFTEN AS POSSI-
BLE, SCIIOOL OP:r:AT IONS IN THE SEVERAL COUNT I ES; COUNSEL WITH :::'CHOClL OFFICEns; DELIVEr. PUDLIC ADDRESSES; AND PEP-FORM OTHER DUTIES HE MAY DEEM TO THE INTEREST or PUOLIC EDUC."T I ON.
3. To pr;OCEED For RECOVERY BY PROPER PROCEDURE IN THE
COURTS IN TilE EVENT OF MI SAPPL ICAT ION OF ANY FUNDS IN SCHOOl:::' P-ECEIVING STATE AID, AFTEr. DEMAND FOR SETTLEilENT HAS FA ILED.
4. To REPORT TO nlE GENERAL AS:::'DlBLY, SHOWI NG THE AMOUNT OF rUNDS APPROPRIATED FOR EDUCATION, NUMDER OF PUDL IC SCHOOLS !,ND SCHOOL ."TTEtJDANCE.
5. THE ST~TE SUPEriNTENDENT OF SCHOOLS IS REQUIRED TO
PREPARE, WITH NECESSARY ASSISTANCE, A TEXTBOO~ ON CIVIL GOVERW1ENT, HAVE IT PR INTED, AND SOLD TO THE SCHOOLS AT COST.
(ACTS 1919, P. 314,)
6. THE STATE SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS SHALL HAVE THE
RIGHT TO REQU I PE TilE COUNTY SUPER INTENDENTS OF SCHOOLS TO r1A1T REPoRTS AS HE f1,W PRESCR IDE. IN DEr AUL T OF COf,l-
PLYING, ,"s FAR AS nw BE PFU,CTICAOLE 1'liTH TillS REQUIr;E-
MENT, THE COUNTY SCH80L SUPEr: I tJTENDENTS SHALL NOT BE EI.. TITLED TO COMPENSATION rOR THEIR OFFICIAL SERVICES. (ACTS 1919, P. 320.)
H, D. COLLINS
STATE SUPERINTENDENT or SCHOOLS
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(D) IN CO-ORDltJAT:rJC CXISTlrJC :,CICtJTI IC INVESTI c,n I otIS ,;ND OTHEr rCLn=:: .\C:;:'2 IS, IN FomiULATING AND prO~OTINC SOUND POLIC ES O~ CONSErVATION AND DEVELOPMENT.

(E) To COLLECT ,',1m r:L,",ss:rY Ti!E r,"CTS CErlVCD FrWt1 :,UCI1 ItJVESTIGATlotJS MlD rrorl OTHcr .\GCNClES OF THE SH,TE AS A sourCE or INrOrtlATION I\CCESS IOLC TO THE CIT I ZE1JS or TI;[ SH,Te, "rID TO TIIC PUDL I C GEi'IER,\L:_'f, SETT I NC FOlnlf TIIC NATurAL, ECONatlf C, I lJDUSTr I i,L }\Im COMI,lErc I.\L ADV,\IHAGCS OF THC ST,HE.

(r) To ESTAOLISH AND MAINTAIN peRrCCT COOPERATION GETWEEN THI S DEPMHlle::NT MID .\LL or I TS SUBDIVISIONS WITH ANY AND EVEry AGENCY OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT INTERESTED IN or DEALING WITH THE SUDJECT IMTTER OF SUCH DEP:.r,H1ENT or SUOD IVIS I orl.
ORGAN I ZAT I ON: THE COtJTROL MID 1.1MJ,\CEf.1ENT OF TI1E
DEPARH1EtJT SHALL DE VESTED I N THE COI.lf.1 I SS I ow:r:, TO DE KNOWtJ AS THE COMI'll SS I ONi::!' OF N'\TUR!\L REsourCES, \'71 TH THE DIRECTORS OF THE VARIOUS DIVISIONS, AS HEREINAFTER PROVIDED AND SET FORTH.

ACTIViTIES

OF

THE

COllMISSIOfJ:r

SHALL

r-,r"
u~.

1. To CONTROL TI1E \'/Of(K or THE DEPARH1Eln MID I,~M~E SUCH
f(ULES AND REGULATIONS 'AS HE ~AY DEE~ ADVrSADLE TO GOVERN THE V/Of(J~ OF TIlE DEPARTtlENT MID THE DUTIES OF ITS 01PLOYEES.

2. To MA~E INVESTIGATIONS OF TI~ NATURAL MINING INDUS-
Tf(Y MID COllMERC I ilL REsourCES OF TIE STenE AND TAI~E SUCH t,lEi,SURES AS HE MAY DEEM DEST SU I TED TO PROI,10TE THE CON-
SERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT OF SUCH RESOURCES.

3. To
FOREST ION OF ESTS.

IMVE CHARGE OF THE WORK or FOi,[ST 11,\ I NTEtJANCE, FIRE PREV[NTION, ~EFORESTATION, AND THE PROTECTLANDS AND WATER SUPPLIES DY PRES[f(VATION OF FOR-

4, To H.WE THE CARE OF THE STATE FORESTS ,\ND P/,f,KS' AND
OTHEI' RECREt. T I ONAL MoE!\S NOW O'.'INED 0" TO DE AC:;'U I RED DY THE STATE.

5. To HAVE CHARGE or THE GAr.1E AND F1SI1 or T'IIE STATE AND THE VIORK OF 111 NES, n I N I NG MID G::OLOGY MID TO MAI~E SUCH EXAMINATIOrJ, SURVEY MID t,lAPPING OF Til:: GEOLOGY, ~11 NERALOGY AND TOPOGRAPHY OF THE STATE, I NCLUD I NG HI:: I r; INDUSTRIAL AND ECOtlOI,lIC UTILIZATION, AS HE 1,1AY DEEn
NECESSARY.

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PUGll C SERV ICE COMi!: I5S I ON

MOlBEnS

R. WALTER

McDoNALD

:f1ATT l . Mc\'IHORTER

PERRY T. KNIGHT
JAr-IES A. PERRY JUD P _ WILIIO I T

CHA I P.t,lAN
VI CE CH,\ I RMAN

eREtIT I or~ AND AUTHOR ITY: THE ACT APprOVED OCTOBER 14, 1.879, P. 125, CREATED "THE RAILROAD COMMISSION OF
GEOrGIA", THE FIRST STATE REGULATORY BODY OF ITS KIND
IN THE UNITED STATes, AND i\NTEDATING THE FEDERAL INTERST1\ TE COMI.1ERCE Corll.1l SS I ON BY SEVERAL YEARS. THE OR I G-
IIlAL ACT PROV IDEO THAT THE CHA I RI,IAN AND IIEMBERS SHOULD
DE APPO lIlTED BY THE GOVERNOR FOR A TERM OF 5 I X YEARS
\'1ITH THE CONSEIIT AND APpr;OVAL OF THE SENATE, BUT THE
ACT APPROVED AUGUST 21, 1906, PROVIDED THAT THE MEMBERS
SHOULD BE ELECTED FOR A TERM or SIX YEARS BY THE ELEC-
TORS OF THE WHOLE STATE. THE ACT APPI:OVED AUGUST 22, 1907, I NCREASED THE 1"IEMOERSH I P TO FIVE cm,1I,11 SS I ON:::RS,
THE Cl~A I m,IAN TO BE ELECTED BY TilE COI'IM I 55 I ON FROM ONE OF 11'5 NUI.mER TO SERVE FOR A TErM OF TWO YE,\RS; AND I N-
CREASED TilE JURISDICTION OF THE COMMISSION (WHICH WAS Llt,ll TED I N THE OR I G I NAL ACT TO STEAM RA ILROADS) SO AS
TO INCLUDE TilE REGULATION OF DOCKS, WHARVES, TERMINAL
COMPAIlIES, COTTON COMPRESS COMPANIES, RAILWAY TERMINALS,
TELEPHONE AND TELEGRAPH COMPANIES, STREET RAILROADS,
AND GAS AND ELECH: I C LI GHT f,ND PO':!ER COf,WAN I ES, AND
G"E/,TL Y I NCRElISED THE POWERS OF THE COMI,11 55 I ON, PART 1-
CULARLY AS TO ITS AUTHORITY IN THE INVESTIGATION OF TilE
AFFAIRS OF UTILITies UNDER ITS JURISDICTION, EMPOWERING
IT TO rE0uIRE A UNIFORM SYSTEM OF ACCOUNTING OY SUCH
UTILITIES, MJD I.lAKING IT UNLAWFUL FOR SUCH UTILITIES TO I SSU STOCI~5, 0 ONDS, NOTES AND OTHER EV IDENCES OF DEBT PA'{ ABLE i :0;:1:: THAN ONE YEAR FROM THE DATE OF ISSUANCE, \7 I THOUT H,\ V I NG F I r.ST OOT A I NED THE APPROVAL OF THE COM-
MISSION. THE ACT APPROVED AUGUST 21, 1922, CHANGED THE
NAME OF "THE RAILROAD Cmn,IISSION OF GEORGIA" TO THE
"GEORG I A PUOll C SERV I CE COMM ISS ION" AND PROV IDEO FOR THE SUPPORT AND r4A I NTENANCE OF TI IE Cor1M 155 I ON THROUGH REGULATORY FEES TO BE ASSESSED AND COLLECTED BY THE Cor.1PTROLLER GENERAL mml THE VAR 1QUS UT III TIES UNDER ITS
JURISDICTION. THE MOTOr: CARRIER ACT APPROVED MARCH 31, 1931, AND THE MOTOR COMMON CARP. I ER ACT, APPROVED AUGUST 27, 1931, EXTENDED THE JUR I SO I CT ION OF THE COHfl1 55 I ON
TO INCLUDE THE REGULATION OF THE BUSINESS or TRANSPORT-
ING, FOR HIRE OY MOTOR VEHICLES, PERSONS AND PROPERTY
OVER THE HIGHVIAYS OF THE STATE, AND PROVIDED FOR THE
PAYMENT AND COLLECTION OF REGULATORY LICENSE FEES TO DE-
FRAY THE COST OF ITS REGULATION.

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4. To MAKE, WITH TI APPROVAL OF THE COMMISSIONER, EXPENllTURES OF FUNDS NOT OTHERVIISE OBLIGATED TO THE MMJAGE/lENT, DEVELOPMENT, ,\ND UT IL IZAT ION OF SUCH AREAS, TO SELL AND OTHERWISE DISPOSE OF THE PRODUCTS FROM SUCH LANDS, AND ALL FUNDS SO DERIVED SHALL BE USED BY THE DI r.C:CTOR IN THE ACQU ISIT ION, lMNAGEMENT, DEVELOH1ENT AND MAINTENANCE OF SUCH LANDS, UNTIL ALL OBLIGATIONS HAVE BEEN PAID IN FULL.
5. To ESTABLISH AND FROM TIME TO TIME ALTER RULES AND i,c.GULATIONS, WITH THE APPROVAL OF THE COMt,lISSIONER, GOVERN ING THE USE, OCCUPANCY AND PROTECT ION OF TIlE LAND AND PROPEP.TY UNDER ITS CONTROL, AND TO PRESERVE THE PEACE THEREIN.
6. To HAVE, WITH APPROVAL OF THE CO~IMISSIONER, FULL POWER AND AUTHORITY TO EXCHANGE, SELL, OR LEASE LANDS UNDER ITS JURISDICTION WHEN IN THEIR JUDGEMENT IT IS ADVANTAGEOUS TO THE STATE TO DO SO IN THE HIGHEST ORDERLY DEVELOPMENT AND MANAGEMENT OF STATE FORESTS.
7. To APPO INT, I;1f TH THE APPROVAL OF THE COMi,11 SS lONER, FIRE WARDENS TO ENFORCE THE PROVISIONS OF THE FIRE LAWS OF THE STATE AND THE WARDENS SO APPOINTED f,ND THE FIP.E FIGHTINd CREWS UNDER THEIR DIRECTION MAY ENTER UPON ANY LAND FOR THE PURPOSE OF PREVENT I NG AND SUPPRESS I tlG F I RES AND ENFORCING THE PROVISIONS OF THE FIRE LAWS OF THE STATE.
ACTIVITIES OF THE DIVISION OF VlILD LIFE. THE OFFICE OF THE COMMISSIONER OF GAME AND FISH, AS ESTABLISHED AND CREATED BY SECTION 25, PAGE 14 OF THE REORGANIZATION ACT APPROVED AUGUST 28, 1931, IS HEREBY ABOLISHED AND. A DIVISiON OF WILD LIFE IS HEREBY ESTABLISHED. THIS DIVISION SHALL DE UNDER THE DIRECTION OF A DIRECTOR OF WILD LIFE, WHICH OFFICE IS HEREBY CREATED, AND ALL THE POWERS, DUTIES, AND FUNCTIONS OF SAID COMMISSIONER OF GAME AND FISH ARE HEREBY VESTED IN THE DIRECTOR OF THE DIVISION OF WILD LIFE AND THE COMMISSIONER OF THE DEPARTMEtH OF NATURAL RESOURCES. THESE TRANSFERRED DUT IES ARE:
1. To SEE THAT ALL LAWS FOR THE PROTECTION, PROPAGATION AND PRESERVATION OF GAME ANIMALS OR BIRDS AND FISH ARE OBSERVED AND VIOLATIONS PROSECUTED.
2. To MAKE REGULATIONS TO CARRY GAME AND FISH LAWS INTO EFFECT.
3, To INTRODUCE INTO THIS STATE DESIRABLE SPECIES OF BIRDS, FISH AND GAME, AND FUR-BEARING ANIMALS AND TO PROPERLY DISTRIBUTE THEM.
4, To ESTAOL ISH HATCHER IES M~D DISTR i BUTE THE FISH IN VARIOUS STREAMS OF THE STATE.
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.., THEl;C /\rr:: NOV} PEtJDttJG (J.'fJu"ry, :938), IN C0tHr:CT-
rorJ \'IITH TilE EFFORT TO rEIIOVE TIIC IflTC;:-T'::;[1ITO~'I;\L
01 scr 1:11 nii T I Oil, T':10 nAJOr l\fJD For:I(\L CQl'lPlf, I JJTS, \'1111 CII
TI:15 Cm.ltile.SIGN 11UT prEPM,E MID PfWSECUTE DEForE TilE
I rJTCP.STATE Cot,1ri:nCE Carm.n :.5 I ON.

3. In THIS 5i\r1E DIVISION THErE I: [i1PLOYCD ;\ r:T: i1,',11
'.IHO IS CNCi;\GED I N rEV I S r NG TI jE TrUCK rii TE STr'UCTURE I tJ GEOr.G / A, MJD Tile I SSUM~CE OF ;\ Uil I ror:i Clf,55 I F I c.'. TI Oil pcr TFUCI:S. THE l!,TTCJ: IS /' IJE\'! UU::-Cr'T,\I: I tlG I fJ TIle
FIELD or Tnuc~ REGUL;\TION.

4. THE UTILIT'I DEP/,:'Til:::llT SUi'r'LICS TI~C: CO::f:I"e>latJ ':!ITII

TCCiHJIC,\L IfJrOrit\TIOtI rC:GM:DltJG THE op':r,\TIOtJ Ole TilE

G/\S, ELeCT;: r c, TELCPHOfJE /\tJD TELEGr~!\PH COt'1P:\fll CS, C/\L-

r o r C U L . \ T I G : ' J : ,

r;\TES or For il;\I:lflG SPCCI/,L IN'/[STIG/,-

T 10rlS I fJ70 TilE op:cr,<\T / ons OF SUCII COi 1PMII ce.. II r I ELD

ENGINEEr. i1/iKES SUCI' ItIVESTIG/,TlotJ:, liS TI!E Cori:ll:.:.IOIJ

r;/,Y Dlr,CCT or THE OPE,,/,TIONS O~, SErVICE OF UTiLITIES, ;i:J~' IINEST/GATES COr!PLAllns TO THE COII:ile,SIOIJ 11'3 TO TilE
SE~VIC~ or Tl1[ UTILITI[S.

5. TilE 'iOTor CM,i:IEr INSPECTION DIVISION, WHICH IS UNo::' THE D I r.ECT SUPci(V 1S I DtJ OF orlE OF T!-![ CO:'H,; I ~JS I or"J~;:s,

Ie, TilE u.r:GEST DEP;'"TiIEtJT IN Tlf[ COlifiISSiON. IT IS

CIli\rGED 'I: I Tli THE rCSPorJS I D I L I TY or SEE II'JG TiI'T flO OilE

EIJ(~;\GES J 1'J THE GUS I NES:i O~ Tr'AlJSPOrT I rIG PEr.SOfJS or 1>1'0-

P;::-.TV OVEr: TilE IIIGIIII.WS OF TI1E ST,\TE VIITI,OUT FirST COil-
PLYING V/ITH TilC pr;OVISIOtJS or TIlE r-~OTO:: Ct-.I;:-;ICf: /,CT Arj~ OOT:,lrJI~JG ,\ CEi:TlrIC;',TE OF PUDLIC CotIVEfJ/eI'JCE :\Im iJ[-

CESS lTV rr.Oi I niE CO::;: J SS lOlL TilE rc ,\Fe EI 'PLOyeD IIJ
TIllS DIVISIOr'J rourT:CrJ i,1oTor; C/\r~"I=i' InSPECTor::), /\r:!-

SIGIJED TO SPECIFIC TEFr.ITorICS HJPOUGHOUT TliC ST .\TE.
TIIC OUT IE:, OF TIIESE I fJSPCCTor:'. /,r.c TO ~n:: Tli' T I,LL VC-

IIICLES OEltJC OPEJ:,\TED II'J TIC ST/,Te "For Illrc" /,rE 1'1'.0-
P[TLY":U,iL I r I ED, TIIAT ,\LL OPE:r:\T 10rJ". !-iT IIJ i\CCO"DMICE
\'IIT!! THE rULES ,"I'JD C'EGUL:,TIOiJC, OF TIIC C0!1:11,,:~I')r: TO

SeT TH;\T flO VEIIICLE IS OP[J:,\Te[' TIIAT Ie, inT ['['elf' ~:LY

coverED DY PUCL I C L I AD I LI TV I'rJD PriOr':::rTY D/t1\GC fJSUi:-

or M!CC, /IIJD TO riEc;U J r.E TlL"T CMT I Eiic.

C;OO~:'S TO D

cov-

ErED \'IITII Ct,r.GO IrlSUf;,\NCE.

VJ,\L TCI: ['. ':CDOfl/,LQ
Cl ;.', ! r;:J/\t.j

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3. To PREPARE, OR COOPERATE IN PREPARING, TOPOGRAPHY MAPS FOR USE AS BASE MAPS IN THE GEOLOGICAL FIELD STUDY AND IN MINING DEVELOPMENT, FOR USE IN PLANNING POWER DEVELOPMENTS, AGRICULTURE AND RECLAMATION ~ORK AND HIGHWAYS.
4. To MAt:E HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEYS DEEMED BY THE DIVISION TO BE ADVANTAGEOUS, TO THE MINING AND MILLING OF MINERAL DEPOSITS, WATER-POWER UTILIZATION, RECLAMATION, OR AS PROPER COOPERATIVE INVESTIGATIONS WITH OTHER DEPARTMENTS OF THE STATE OR FEDERAL GOVERNMENTS TO AID THE LABORATORY RESEARCI1ES UPON MIN ING, METALLURG ICAL PROBLEMS OF THE STATE S MINING AND MIN~RAL INDUSTRY.
5. To PUBLISH BULLETINS EMBODYING REPORTS PROVIDED BY THE DIVISION,
ACTIVITIES OF THE DIVISION OF STATE PARKS, HISTORIC SITES, AND MONUMENTS. THE DIRECTOR OF THIS DIVISION SHALL BE SELECTED WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO HIS EXECUTIVE ABILITY AND EXPERIENCE AND SPECIAL TRAINING AND St:ILL IN PARK AND RECREATIONAL MATTERS WITH AT LEAST THREE YEARS EXPERIENCE IN RECREATIONAL DEVELOPMENT WORK. THE DUTIES OF THIS DIVISION SHALL BE:
1. To STUDY AND ASCERTAIN THE STATE S PRESENT PARK, PARKWAY, AND RECREATIONAL RESOURCES AND FACILITIES, THE NEED FOR SUCH RESOURCES AND FACILITIES, AND THE EXTENT TO WHICH SUCH NEEDS ARE BEING CURRENTLY MET, AND INCLUDING A SURVEY TO DETERMINE THE LAND SUITABLE AND DESIRABLE TO BE ACQUIRED BY THE STATE AS PART OF THE STATE PARK SYSTEM, DUE CONSIDERATION BEING GIVEN TO THE SCENIC, RECREATIONAL, HISTORICAL, ARCHAELOGICAL AND OTHER SPECIAL FEATURES. THE RESULTS OF SUCH STUDY AND SURVEY SHALL BE REPORTED TO THE GOVERNOR AND THE NEXT SUCCEEDING SESSION OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY AND TO BE ACCOMPANIED BY SUCH RECQt"IMENDATIONS AS THE DIVISION AND THE COMMISSIONER SHALL DEEM ADVISABLE.
2. To ACQUIRE IN THE NAME OF THE STATE, BY PURCHASE,
LEASE, AGREEMENT, OR CONDEMNATION, SUCH LAND WITHIN THE STATE AS IT MAY DEEM NECESSARY OR PROPER TO THE EXTENSION OF THE STATE PARK SYSTEM. THE RIGHT OF EMINENT DOMAIN SHALL BE EXERCISED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF LAW NOW OR HEREAFTER EXISTING FOR THE CONDEMNATION OF PROPERTY FOR PUBLIC PURPOSES; PROVIDED, NO LAND OR OTHER PROPERTY SHALL BE TAKEN OR CONTRACTED TO BE TAKEN UNLESS OR UNTIL THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY HAS APPROPRIATED MONEY THEREFOR OR FUNDS HAVE OTHERWISE BECOME AVAILABLE FOR SAID PURPOSE.
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DEPARTMEfJT OF NATURAL RESOURCES OFFICERS

R. F. BURCH, JR.
JOE f1ITCHELL FPAtll( HEYWARD, JR.
CHARLES N. ELLIOTT
CAPT. GARLAND PEYTON

COMMISSIONEr; OF NATURAL RESOURCES
DIRECTOR OF DIVISION OF WILD LI FE
DIRECTOR OF DIVISION OF FORESTRY
DIRECTOR OF DIVISION OF STATE PARKS
DIRECTOR OF DIVISION OF MINES, t,1INING AND GEOLOGY

CREAT I OtJ AND AUTHORITY: THE DEPARTf.NT OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND FOUR SUODIVISIONS KNOWN AS: 1. DIVISION
OF FORESTRY. 2. DIVISION OF WILD LIFE. 3. DIVISION OF
MINES, MINING AND GEOLOGY. 4. DIVISION OF STATE PARKS,
HISTORIC SITES AND MONUMENTS WERE ESTABLISHED BY ACT OF
THE: GENERAL ASSEMOLY APPROVED MARCH 5, 1937. (ACTS 1937, P. 264.) THIS SAME ACT AOOLISHED TI DEPARTMENT
OF GAME AND FISH, THE DEPARTMEfn OF FORESTRY AND GEO'-
LOGICAL DEVELOPMENT, AND THE COMHISSION OF FORESTRY AND
GEOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT.

PURPOSE: IT SHALL BE THE OOJECTS OF THE DEPART'lEIH:
1. To TAKE OVER THE POWERS, DUTIES AND AUTHORITY EXER'
CISED OY THE DEPARTMErH OF GAME AND FISH, THE DEPARTt1ENT OF FORESTRY AND GEOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT, THE COM'MISSION OF FORESTRY AND GEOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT, AND ESTABLISH THE DIVISION OF STATE PARKS, HISTORIC SITES AND 110NUMEfJTS.

2. By INVESTIGATiON, RECOMMENDATION, AND PUBLICATION,
TO ,\ ID:

(A) IN THE PROMOTION OF THE CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT OF Tl NATURAL RESOURCES OF THE STATE.

(0) IN PROMOTING A MORE PROFITABLE USE OF LANDS, FORESTS AND WATERS.

(C) IN PROMOTING THE DEVELOPMENT OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY.

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9 To APPOINT AT THE DISCRETION OF THE COMMiSSIONER, LOCAL AND REGIONAL COUNCILS TO CONSIDER, STUDY, AND AD VISE IN THE WORK OF THE DIVISION FOR THE EXTENSION, DE VELOPMENT, USE AND MAINTENANCE OF ANY AREA OR PROPERTY FOR WHICH APPOINTED.
(THE COMMISSIONER OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND THE STATE DIRECTOR OF PARKS SHALL BE EX-OFFICIO MEMBERS OF ALL COUNCILS SO APPOINTED.) 10, To ESTABLISH AND FROM TIME TO TIME ALTER RULES AND REGULATIONS GOVERNING THE USE, OCCUPANCY AND PROTECTION OF THE LAND AND PROPERTY UNDER ITS CONTROL AND TO PRE SERVE THE PEACE THEREIN. THE COMMISSIONER IS HEREBY EMPOWERED TO CONFER ON THE STATE DIRECTOR OF PARKS AND SUCH OTHER Ef.1PLOYEES AS HE MAY DESiGNATE THE FULL AUTH ORITY OF PEACE OFFICERS FOR ALL lAND AND PROPERTY UNDER ITS CONTROL. 11. To PLAN AND CONDUCT A PROGRAM OF INFORMATION AND PUDLICITY AS TO THE SCENIC. RECREATIONAL. H,STORiCAl ARCHAEOLOGICAL AND SCiENTIFiC POINTS AND PLACES ~ITHIN THE STATE DES!GNED TO ATTRACT TOURISTS AND VISITORS FROM OUTSIDE THE STATE TO THIS STATE
12. To COOPERATE ~iTH THE STATE HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT IN
TH~ ESTABLISHMENT AND MAiNTENANCE OF ROADSIDE PARKS AND DE:VElOPMENT FOR THE CONVEN IENCE AND ENJOYMEtn OF THE TRAVELING PUDLiC.
R. F. BURCH. JR
COMMISSIONER
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6 To MAKE AN INVESTIGATION OF THE WATER SUPPLY AND
WATER POWER, WITH RECOMMENDATiONS AND PLANS FOR PRO MOTING THEIR MORE PROFITABLE USE, AND SUCH MEASURES AS HE MAY CONS i DER NECESS,~RY TO PROMOTE THE I R DEVELOPMENT
7, To MAKE INVESTiGATIONS OF EXiSTING COND,TIONS OF TRADE, COMMERCE, AND iNDUSTRY IN THE STATE WiTH THE CAUSES WHICH MAY HiNDER OR ENCOURAGE T~E R GROWTH
8 To ARRANGE AND CLASSIFY THE FACTS DERiVED FROM THE
INVESTIGATIONS MADE, SO AS TO PROViDE A GENERAL SOURCE OF INFORMATION iN REGARD TO THE STATE, iTS ADVANTAGES AND RESOURCES
9 To PREPARE A REPORT TO BE SUBMiTTED BY THE GOVERNOR
TO EACH GENERAL ASSEMBLY, WHOWING THE NATURE AND PRO GRESS OF THE DEPARTMENT
10, To PREPARE FOR PUBLICATiON, FROM TiME TO TIME, RE PORTS AND STATEMENTS, WITH ,LLUSTRATIONS, MAPS AND OTHER DESCRIPTIONS WHICH MAY ADEQUATELY SET FORTH THE NATURAL AND MATERiAL RESOURCES OF THE STATE AND ITS IN DUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT, WITH A VIEW TO FUR NISHING INFORMATION TO EDUCATE THE PEOPLE WiTH REFER ENCE TO THE MATERIAL ADVANTAGES OF THE STATE, TO EN COURAGE AND FOSTER THE EXISTING iNDUSTRIES AND TO PRE SENT INDUCEMENTS FOR INVESTMENTS IN NEW ENTERPRISES.
ACTIVITIES OF THE DIVISION OF FORESTRY, THE DIV" ISION OF FORESTRY SHALL HAVE THE RIGHT TO ACQUIRE, IN THE NAME OF THE SH,TE, BY PURCHASE, LEASE, AGREEf-~ENT.' OR CONDEMNATION, SUCH LAND WITHIN THE STATE AS MAY DE DEEMED NECESSARY AND PROPER" IT SHALL BE THE DUTY OF THE DIRECTOR OF THE DIVIS,ON OF FORESTRY, WHO SHALL BE A GRADUATE OF A RECOGNIZED SCHOOL OF FORESTRY, WITH AT LEAST FOUR YEARS EXECUTIVE AND ADMiNISTRATIVE EXPERIENCE IN FORESTRY WORK:
1 To MAKE A FULL REPORT TO THE COMMISSIONER OF NAT URAL RESOURCES, AND HE, IN TURN, TO DELIVER SAID RE PORT TO EACH SESSION OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY, AND TO MAKE SUCH RECOMMENDATIONS THERIN AS IT MAY BE DEEMED ADViSABLE
2, To DO RESEARCH WORK IN WOOD PULP AND CELLULOSE WITH ,N THE STATE AS FUNDS MAY BECOME AVAILABLE
3 To BE THE DESiGNATED AGENCY TO EXPEND THROUGH THE
DEPARTMENT ALL FEDERAL AID FUNDS AVAILAOLE UNDER THE CU,PKMCNARY lMI FOR FIRE PREVENT! ON AND NURSERY WORK AND TO ENTER INTO COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS AND LEASES UN DER THE FULMER ACTS
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STATE HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT

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ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT

CHAIRMAN

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ACCOUNTING DEPARTMENT

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POST AND RURAL ROADS DIVISION

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HIGHWAY PLANNING SURVEY DIVISION

5 To ADOPT RULES AND REGULATIONS FOR OPERATING HATCH
ER ES AND GAME PRESERVES
6 To SEiZE OR CAUSE TO BE SE ZED WilD liFE WHICH HAS
BEEN SHiPPED CONTRARY TO LAW.
7 To SERVE CRiMINAL PROCESSES FOR V OLATiONS
8 To KEEP A PUBliC RECORD OF ALL MON~YS RECEiVED AND
EXPENDED BY HIM
9 To RECORD ALL OF HIS ACTS AND DOINGS AS A PUBLIC
RECORD.
THERE ,S WITHIN THE DIViSION OF WILD LiFE A SUB DV SiON UNDER THE CONTROL OF AN INSPECTOR OF COASTAL
F SHERIES WHO SHALL BE APPO,NTED BY THE DIRECTOR OF
~,LD LiFE AND THE COMMISSiONER OF NATURAL RESOURCES HE SHALL BE AUTHOR ,ZED AND REQUIRED TO TAKE SUCH ACTION AND TO APPO NT SUCH ASS'STANTS AS MAY DE FOUND NECES SARv TO THE DEVELOPMENT AND PROTECTION OF F SH SHELL FISH AND CRUSTACEANS IN THE TIDEWATERS OF GEORGIA
THE DiRECTOR OF THE D,ViSION OF WILD LIFE, SHALL N TH~ ENFORCEMENT AND OPERATION OF ALL LAWS RELATING TO COMMERCIAL COASTAL F'SHERIES IN THE TIDEWATERS OF TH,S STATE, PAY OUT AND EXPEND IN THE DEVELOPMENT AND PROTECTION OF TIDEWATER FISHING, IN ADDITION TO ANY OTHER FUNDS THAT MAY BE AVAILABLE, ALL FEES, liCENSES, AND SPECIAL TAXES OF EVERY KiND DERIVED BY THE STATE FROM COASTAL FISHERIES OPERATIONS AND All FUNDS SO DESIGNATED ARE HEREBY SPECiFICAllY AllOCATED AND APPRO PRIATED TO SAiD DEPARTMENT FOR SAID PURPOSES.
THE COMMISSiONER OF NATURAL RESOURCES THE D,R ECTOR OF WiLD L,FE AND THE iNSPECTOR OF COASTAL FISHER
ES OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AND WI TI-I ANY OTHER FED ERAL AGENCY INTERESTED iN THE PRESERVATION AND PROPA GATiON OF FISH SHELL F,SH AND W,LD LIFE IN THE PRO MULGATION OF THE FiSH,NG INDUSTRv N TH S STATE
ACTIVITIES OF THE DIVISION OF MINES MINING, AND GEOLOGY THIS DiVISION SHALL BE UNDER THE iMMED;ATE D RECTION OF A GRADUATE iN GEOLOGY OF A RECOGNIZED COL LEGE AND SHALL HAVE HAD AT LEAST FOUR YEARS OF PRACT, CAL EXPERIENCE IN GEOLOGICAL WORK THE DUTIES OF THiS D,VISiON SHALL BE:
1 To CONDUCT COOPERATIVE WORK WITH THE DEPARTMENTS AND BUREAUS OF THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT IN THE AC T,VITIES AND INVESTIGATIONS FOR WHiCH SUCH DIVISION is CREATED, PROVIDED THAT THE EXPENDITURE FOR SUCH PURPOSE SHALL AT LEAST EQUAL THAT OF THE STATE
2. To CONDUCT STUDIES IN THE FIELD, MAP AND PREPARE
REPORTS OF THE GEOLOGICAL AND MiNERAL RESOURCES OF THE STATEo
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4. To PROVIDE SURVEYS, NAPS, SPECIFIC~TIONS, AND OTHER TIIINGS NECESSARY IN DESIGNATING, SUPERVISING, LOCATING, IMP~aVING, CONSTRUCTING OR MAINTAINING SAID STATE-AID ROADS, OR SUCH OTHER PUDLIC ROADS AS PROVIDED FOR UNDER
CHAPTERS 95-15 TO 95-17.
5. To SECURe CONSULTING ADVISORS IN 1:1PORTAtJT TEClltJlCAL MATTERS, INCLUDING THE QUALIFICATIONS OF TECHNICAL Ef,lPLOYEES.
6. To Er,lPLOY CLERICAL ASSISTANCE AND INCUR OTHEr EXPErJSES, I NCLUD ING NECESSARV EQU I PllENT ArJD OFF ICE RElIT.
IT SHALL DE T HE DUTY OF THE STATE III GIWIAY ENGINEER:
To PREPARE A REPOr-T OR REPORTS, ACCQ:'JPAN IED OY MAPS, SETT ING FORTH THE ROi\DS AUTHOR I ZED DY LIM AND DESIGNATED DY THE ST,HE HIGHWAY BOARD AS A PART OF THE STATE-AID SYSTEM, FOR APPROVAL BY TIE BOARD.
WHEN DULY APPROVED DY THE' BO/\RD, THE IMPS SHALL DE FILED WITH TilE SECRETARY OF STATE AS THE AUTHorlTAT I VE RECORD OF SUCH STiITE-A ID ROI,DS, AND COP IES SHt,LL DE FURN'I SHED TO THE COUNT IES CONCcr~NED.
U. S. POST-ROADS DIVISION: THE ACT DEFINiNG TIE U. S. POST ROAD DIVISION OF THE STATE HIGH\'J~Y DEPART-
~1ENT:
1. PROVIDES FOR A NEW DIVISION TO DE KNOWN AHD DESIGNATED AS U. S. RURAL POST ROADS 0 IVIS I ON OF THE ST,\TE H,GHWAY DEPARH1CNT OF GEORG IA.
2. PROVIDES FOR THE FUNCTIONS OF SAID b,VISION.
3. PROVIDES FOR A DIRECTOR OF SAID DIVISION.
~ PrOVIDEs FOR rECEIVING FUNDS AVAILAOLC ron SAID D IV IS ION FROM THE U. S. GOVERNMENT AND MN AGOICY THEREOF AND FRO~l THE TREASURY OF THE STATE OF GEORG 1/\ AND FRot,' THE SEVERAL COUNT IES OF THE STi\TE AND FRm,l THE MUNICIPALITIES OF TilE STATE, AND FRot! ArN OTHER SOURCE TO BE USED IN THE CONSTRUCTION AUD MAINTENANCE
OF U. S. RURAL POST ROADS AND BRIDGES THErEON LOCATED
IN SAID STATE, AND PROVIDES FOR THE CONSTRUCTION AND MAINTENANCE OF FARM-TO-MARKET ROADS.
5. PROV IDES FOR t,lETIJOD OF RECE IIi I NG M4D DI SDURS I NG SUCH FUNDS.
6. CREATES A SYSTEM OF U. S. RURAL POST ROADS OF THE
STA.TE OF GEORG IA; PROV IDES THE HETHOD OF DETERH I NI NG
TIE AMOUNT OF U. S. RURAL POST ROADS MILEAGE IN EACH
COUNTY OF THIS STATE, AND PROVIDES FOR THE DISTRIDUTIOtJ OF THE FUNDS OF THIS DIVISION ACCORDINGLY.
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3. To ACCEPT .N TS DiscrETION, WiTH CONCURRENCE OF THE

COMMiSSIONER, iN FEE OR OTHERWISE. LAND ENTRUSTED DONA TED OR DEVISED TO THE STATE BY T~E UNiTED STATES GOVERN'-

MENT POl.TICAl SUBDIVISiON OF THE STATE, OR BY ANY PER

SON FiRM. ASSOCiAT,ON OR CORPORATION TO BECOME A PART

OF THE STATE PARK SYSTEM AND WITH L,KE D SCRETiON TO AC

CEPT GIFTS BEQUESTS OR CONTRIBUTIONS OF MONEY OR OTHER

PROPERTY TO BE USED IN EXTENDING. MPROV NG OR MAiNTAINING

THE STATE PARK SYSTEM

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4 To MAKE EXPENDiTURES WiTH THE APPROVAL OF THE COMM SSiONER OF NATURAL RESOURCES FROM AVAilABLE FUNDS FOR THE CARE SUPERViSION IMPROVEMENT AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE STATE PARK SYSTEM

5 To COOPERATE WiTH OTHER STATE AGENC,ES COUNTIES, MU NICiPALITIES AND OTHER POL,TICAL SUBD,VIS,ONS OF THE STATE, OTHER STATES AND THE UNITED STAT:S GOVERNMENT iN MATTERS RELATING TO THE ACQUIRING, PLANNiNG ESTABL SH ING DEVELOPING, ,MPROV NG OR MA NTAIN!NG ANY PARK PARK WAY OR RECREATiONAL AREA

6 To CONTRACT AND MAKE COOPERATiVE AGREEMENTS WITH THE UN TED STATES GOVERNMENT, POL,TiCAL SUBDiViSiONS OF THE STATE CORPORATiONS, ASSOC ATIONS OR IND ViDUALS W TH PROPER BOND WHERE DEEMED ADV SABLE, TO PROTECT RESTORE PRESERVE MARK MAINTAIN OR OPERATE ANY HiSTOR C, ARCHAE OLOG,C OR SC,ENTIFIC SiTE GROUND RESERVATiON STRUCTURE BUiLD,NG, OBJECT OR OTHER PROPERTY FOR PUBL,C USE; PROV,DED, THAT NO CONTRACT OR COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT SHALL BE MADE OR ENTERED INTO UNLESS OR UNTIL THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY HAS APPROPRiATED MONEY THEREFOR OR FUNDS HAVE OTHERWISE BECOME AVAILABLE FOR SAID PURPOSES

7 To CONSTRUCT AND OPERATE SUiTABLE PUBLIC SERVICE PRIVILEGES AND CONVENiENCES iN ANY PARK OR OTHER PROPERTY UNDER ITS CONTROL, AND FOR THE USE OF SAME MAY MAKE REA SONABLE CHARGES; AND iN ITS DISCRETiON MAY GRANT CONCESS" IONS TO ANY RESPONSIBLE PERSON, FiRM, ASSOCIAT,ON OR CORPORATiON FOR SUCH PERIODS, IN NO EVENT LONGER THAN FIVE YEARS, AND UPON SUCH CONDiTiONS AS IT MAY DEEM ADViSABLE ALL MONEYS RECEiVED FROM THE OPERATiON OF THE STATE PARK SYSTEM SHALL BE PAiD iNTO THE STATE TREASURY, AND SHALL BE SET UP AS A ROTARY FUND FOR MAINTENANCE AND ACQUiSiT,ON OF LANDS. SUCH EXPENDiTURES SHALL BE SUBJECT TO THE SAME APPROVALS AS PERTAiN TO REGULARLY APPROPRIATED FUNDS

8, To PROViDE AND MAiNTAIN ADEQUATE RECREATIONAL FACIL ITiES AND TO INiTiATE CONDUCT AND SUPERVISE SUITABLE PROGRAMS AND ACTIVITiES IN CONNECTION THEREWITH

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I I DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

COMMISSIONER

FACTORY INSPECTION
DIVISION

INDUSTRIAL LABOR BOARD

I I EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

UNEMPLOYMENT

COMPENSATION

DIVISION

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STATE
EMPLOYMENT SERVICE DIVISION

HERTY FOUfJDAT I ON - PAPER PULP INDUSTRY

OFFICERS

JAMES FOWLER

M. GEORGE

BAZEMORE

R. DONALD

BREWSTER

DR. CHARLES CARPENTER

CHA I RMAr-J V I CE CHA I m,lMJ FIELD DIRECTOR TECHNICAL DIRECTOR

BOARD OF TRUSTEES

H. LANGD,\LE

G. ED MADDOX

CLAUD C. CURTIS

W. ELLIOTT

REED

TRUSTEE TRUSTEE TRUSTEE SECRETARy-TREASURER

CREI\TION: THE HERTY FOUNDATION WAS CREATED DY ACT
381 OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF 1937-1938 IN EXTRA SESSION PP. 191-195, APPROVED FEORUARY 16, 1938, AS A OODY
POLITIC AND CORPORATE.

PURPOSE: To PROMOTE AND ADVANCE EXPERIMENTS IN PULP WOOD OF ALL KINDS AND TO DISCOVER AND DETERMINE USES FOR \'1111 Cil SAME ,\RE ADAPTABLE.

ACTIVITIES: THIS FOUNDATION IS A PUBLIC FOUNDATION CREATED FOR THE PURPOSE OF RENDERING SERVICES TO THE CIT I ZENS NOT ONLY OF GEORG I A, OUT I N EQUAL MAN~JER ANC TO THE SAME EXTENT TO THE CIT 1ZENS OF TI!E OTHER
STIITES OF THE SOUTH. THE BOARD OF 0 I RECTORS IS AUTIIOR-'
Izen TO ACCEPT DONATIONS, OEQUESTS OR FUNDS APPROPRIATED FOR ITS USE OY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THIS OR ANY OF TilE ST/>,TES. AND IN CONSIDERATION OF SUCll APPROPRIA' TIOf!S OF OTHER STATES TilE FOUNDATIOIJ is EMPOWERED TO CO~jQUCT \'71 TH I N THE LIM I TS OF ITS EQU I PMENT, EXPER I MEIJTS Oi, :Ii'/ PULP ':1000 PECULIARLY BENEFICIAL TO THE VARIOUS STATES [,lAKiNG SUCII APPROPRIATION. IF ANY STI,TE M!',KING -,,["rOPRI i\T IONS TO SUPPORT THE FOUND/,T I ON DES I RES TO DE rC:'['Cc,[IJTED ON THE BOARD OF D I RECTORS, ITS GOVEPtJOR t,1/\Y
i,:' II'T ONE CITIZEN OF HIS STATE TO BECOME A DIRECTOR.
I T SHALL 8E THE :'UTY OF Tf IE STATE AUD I TOR TO AUD IT
TI Ii:: ,,001:5 AND ACCOUNTS OF SAl D F OUNDA T I ON AND SUBM I T TI!E AUD I T TO THE GOVEG:tJOR WHO SHALL TRANSM I T SAl,1E TO EAel: rEGULAR SESS ION OF THE GENERAL ASSEM8L Y.
UtJDER PROVISION OF ACT No. 406 (1937-38, SPECIAL SESSIOtJ PP. 63, 64) A FUND OF $20,000.00 WAS SET UP FOR
THE PURPOSE OF DEVELOPING TIE PAPER-PULP INDU3TRY IN TillS STATE, PROVIDED HOWEVER THAT DEFORE THIS SUM DECOI'lES AVA I U,OLE FOR USE THERE SIIALL DE DONATE:- FROM
OTIIER SOURCES AN EQUAL SUM OF $20,000.00.

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3. To MAKE INVESTIGATIONS, COLLECT AND COt1PILE STATIS-
TICAL INFORMATION AND REPORT UPON THE CONDITIOI~S OF LABOR GENERALLY.
4. To PROPOSE TO THE I NDUSTR I AL BOARD SUCH mILES, OR
CHANGES I N RULES, AS HE MAY DEEM ADV I SA8LE FOR He PRE-
VENT I ON or ACC I DEI-lTS OR THE PREVENT I ON OF I ImUST:: I AL OR OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES IN EVERY EMPLOYMENT OR PLACE OF EMPLOYMENT.
5. To DO ALL IN HIS POV/ER TO PROf.IOTE VOLUNTARY ArlDITRA-
TION, MEDITATION AND CONCILIATION or DISPUTES BETWEEN EMPLOYERS AND EMPLOYEES.
6. To SUPERV I SE THE DUS I NE:.-.S OF PR I VA TE EMPLoYI'lErn
AGENC I ES AND EMPLonlENT I NTELL I GENCE DUREAUS ArID AS rREQUENTLY AS I~AY DE NECESSAr.y TO [XA!:II NE Ilno THE CoND IT I ON OF EACH SUCH AGENCY or. DUREAU. THE COMt.l I SS IONSI' SHt,LL nE'1UIRE EACH AGENT TO 1IAKE APPLlCATIOIJ ro~ LICENSE TO DO BUSINESS, WHICH APPLICATION MUST DE INDORSED BY TV/O TAXPAYERS IN THE Coutny WHE"E SUCH AGENCY PROPOSES TO CONDUCT BUSINESS, SAID LICENSE TO BE GRANTED BY Tf~ COMMISSIONER UPON THE PAYMENT TO THE STATE OF SUCH TAX AS 1.1AY BE CHARGED, liND THE F I LING OF A BOND I N THE SUM
OF $500.00 FOR THE FAITHFUL PERFoRt,lANCE OF DUTY, SAID
L I CEIJSE TO BE RENEWED ANNUALLY. TilE COMM I SS lONER SHALL REQU I RE EACH AGENCY TO REPORT TO III f.l ONCE A MONTH IN WRITING, SHOWING THE NAl.1ES, ADDRESSES MlD NUI,mER OF p:r.SONS FOR WHOM POS IT IONS WEnE SECURED, WHERE SECURED, THE KIND OF POSITION, THE PAY OF SAME, Tf~ AMOUNT OF FEE COLLECTED AND THE AMOUNT STILL TO BE COLLECTED. NOTHING I II TH I 5 PARAGRAPH SHALL AUTHOR I ZE ANY EMPLOYI.1Eln AGENCY OR PERSONS WITH SUCH AGENCY, OR ANY Et,1PLOYEE THEREOF, TO ACT AS AN EMIGRANT AGENT. IF ANY AGENT SHALL DE FOUND TO DE V I OLAT I NG THE LAW, I T SHALL BE THE DUTY OF TilE COMf,lISSIONER IIclMEDIATELY TO PROCEED TO HAVE SUCH PEr:SOtI PRESENTED TO THE PROPEr: AUTHORITIES FOr: PROSECUTION AND TO CANCEL THE LICENSE OF SUCH AGENCY TO DO BUSINESS.
7. To EXERC I SE JUR I SD I CT I ON OVEr: SUCH PERSON, F I RI:1 OR
CORPORATION ACTING AS AN EMIGRANT AGENT on AGENCY, HEr.EItJAFTERREFERRED TO AS EMIGRANT AGENT. THE COMMISSIONER SHALL REQUIRE EACH EMIGRANT AGENT TO MAKE APPLICATION FOR LICENSE TO DO BUSINESS, SAID APPLICATION TO BE INDORSED BY TWO TAXPAYERS AND ACCOMPANIED BY A BOND OF
$1000.00 FOR THE FAITHFUL PERFORMANCE OF DUTY, AND THE
PAYMENT OF SUCH TAX AS MAY BE REQUIRED BY LAW. EACH EMIGRANT AGENT SHALL MAKE A DAILY nEPORT TO THE COMMISSIONER. IN CONTEMPLATION OF THIS SECTION, AN EMIGRANT AGENT IS ANY PERSON WHO SHALL SOLICIT OR ATTEMPT TO PROCURE LABOR IN THIS STATE TO BE EMPLOYED BEYOND THE LIMITS OF SAME.
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STATE HIGHVilW DEPMmHH

OFFICERS

Vi. L. fllLLER
HERMAN H. WATSON
J I 11 L. GILL I S

CHA I RMAi< Cm,1I\11 SS I ONEfC COt1H I SS lONE\;

1H '1 . G. GRANTLE'!
\']. r; . NEEL O. T. RAY
Fa TON BANKS

CHIEF ENGINEER D ! RECTOr~ RURAL AND POST ROADS
DIVISION
DIRECTOR HIGHVIAY PLANNING SUR-
VEY DIVISION ACTING SECRETARY AND TREASURER

CREATIOt!: THE DEPt,RH1ENT PRESENTLY KNOWN AS THE
ST,\TE HI GI-NYAY DEPARHlENT WAS CREATED 0'1 REORG,\N I ZAT I ON
ACT OF THE GENERAL ASSEMOLY OF 1919, ACT tJo. 151 . (ACTS 1919, P. 243.) THIS DEPARTtENT WAS ORIGINALLY ORGANI ZED AS TilE Hi GI-IWA 'I COW,ll SS I ON IN 1916, ACT No. 413. (ACTS 1916, P. 125.)

ORGAflIZATIOfJ: THE SnTE HIGHWAY DEPARTt.1ENT IS

HAflAGED AND COIJTr'OLLED 0'1 THE STATE H: GHVlAY BOARD,

'\'lHICH SHALL CONSIST OF THREE 1'-lEMGEF<S APPOINTED BY THE

GOVERNOR AND COIIF I m1ED 0'1 THE SErJATE. THE GOVERNOR DE-

S I GNATES ONE 1-1EW]ER OF THE OOAf;D WHO ACTS f\S CHA I PMAN

THEREOF. THE OO/\RD IS THE EXECUTIVE AND Aor.llNISTPATIVE

'-L\D OF THE ST,\TE HIGH\'lAY DEPARH1Eln, WITH FULL POWER,

AUTHOR :TY AllO CONTROL OF THE DEP:\RTI-1Eln AND ALL ROAD

,\,)OPI< fiND HIGHWAY WORK WITHIN THIS STATE, AS prOVIDED For

UNCER CHAPTERS 95-15 TO 95-17 (ACTS 1925, PP. 208, 211.)

No. ACT

189 (PAGE 912) OF THE 1937 GENERAL ASSEMBLY

C;-~EATED t, DIVISION OF THE STATE HIGHWAY DEPAP.H1ENT KNOWIJ

U. AS

S. POST ROADS DIVISION, UNDER SUPERVISION AND CON-

TROL OF THE STATE HIGH\'lAY BOARD.

ACTIVITIES: THE DUTIES OF THE STATE HIGHWAY DEPARTHEtJT SHALL DE:

1. To HAVE CHARGE OF ALL HIGHW,\Y WOP.K DESIGNATED, PRO-
VIDED FOR, OR DONE 0'1 THE STATE OR UPON THE STATE AID ROADS.

2. To DESIGNATE, IMPROVE, SUPERVISE, CONSTRUCT AND
MAINTAIN A SYSTEM OF STATE AID ROADS.

3. To HAVE CHARGE AND SUPERVISION
ALL FUNDS APPROPRIATED OR PROVIDED \70,,1( BY THE STf\TE, or. WH I CH 1.1AY OE AID ROAD FUND.

OF EXPENDITURES OF FOR HIGHWAY OR ROAD A PART OF TI-IE STATE

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1 1 1 1
1 1
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1 1 1 1
1 1 1 1
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7 Er,lpOWERS THE STATE HIGHWAY GOARD OF GEORGIA, IN
CONJUNCTION WITH THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, COUNTY OR MUNICIPAL AUTHORITIES, TO MAKE CHANGES, SURVEYS, LOCATION AND RELOCATION OF THE U. S. RURAL POST ROADS.
8. EMPO'/lERS THE STATE HIGHWAY BOARD OF GEORGIA TO ENTER INTO CONTRACTS WITH THE U. S. GOVERN-(r"ENT)* AND MUNICIPAL AUTHORITIES AND EMPOWERS PROPER COUNTY AUTHORITIES AND PROPER MUNICIPAL AUTHORITIES )0 LIKEWISE CONTRACT.
9. FIXES THE DUTIES OF PROCURING THE RIGHTS OF WAY FOR
SUCH ROADS ON THE PROPER COUNTY AUTHORITIES' EMPOWERS
THE ST/\TE !-II GHWAY GOARD TO MAKE REASONABLE RULES AND
REGULATIONS; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
THE STATE HIWNAY PLArJNING SURVEY IS A DIVISION OF TIE STATE HIGHWAY GOARD AND CONSISTS OF STATE DIRECTOR AND ASSISTANTS, NAMELY; ASSISTANT DIRECTOR IN CHARGE OF ROAD INVENTORY, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR IN CHARGE OF TRAFFIC SURVEY, AND ASSISTANT DIRECTOR IN CHARGE OF FINANCIAL SURVEY.
PURPOSE: IT SHALL BE THE PURPOSE OF THE HIGHWAY PLANNING SURVEY TO ACT AS A FACT FINDING DIVISION OF THE STATE HIGHWAY BOARD.
ACTIVITIES: THE PRINCIPAL DUTIES OF THE HIGHWAY PLANNING SURVEY SHALL BE:
1. To MAKE SURVEYS OF ALL ROADS IN THE ENTIRE STATE OF
GEORGIA, DETERMINING THEIR PROPER LOCATION, CONSTRUCTION FEATURES, SAfE LOADING OF ALL BRIDGES AND GENERAL CONDITIONS AS THEY RELATE TO EACH PARTICULAR ROAD OR SECTION; THE PP.EPAf1ATION OF COUNTY MAPS SHOWING THIS INFORMATION; AND FUTURE PLANNING FOR CONSTRUCTION.
2. THE TRAFFIC SURVEY INVOLVES A COMPLETE SURVEY OF ALL
TRAFfiC CONDITIONS ON ALL ROADS IN THE STATE OF GEORGIA. FROM THIS SURVEY WILL BE DETERMINED THE TYPE ROADS TO BE CONSTRUCTED, THEIR WIDTH, THICKNESS, AND RIGHTS Of WAY REQUIRED TO PROPERLY CARE fROM ALL TRAFfiC CONDITIONS OVER A PERIOD OF YEARS.
3. TilE F I NMJC IAL SURVEY CONS r STS OF SECUR ING It~FORMA
TION FROM ALL COUNTIES AND MUNICIPALITIES IN THE STATE OF GEORGIA INSOFAR AS THE "TAX DOLLAR'! RELATES TO HIGHWAY CONSTRUCTION AND MAINTENANCE.
\7. L. MILLER
CHArm.iAN
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THAT SUCH APPO I NTMENTS SHALL BE MADE FROll LISTS OF NOM INEES SUDM ITTED TO HIE GOVERNOR BY THE GOVERN I tlG
:BODIES OF THE MEDICAL ASSOCIATION OF GEORGIA-, TliE GEORGIA DENTAL A~sOtIATlON, AND THE GEORGIA PHARMACEUTICAL ASSOCIATION.

SAID BOARD SHALL ELECT A DIRECTOR OF THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH; PROVIDED, T11t,T SUCH DIRECTOR SHALL BE A GRADUATE PHYSICIAN AUTHORIZED TO PRACTICE MEDIC INE MID SURGERY IN THIS STATE, AND SHALL HAVE HAD NOT LESS THAN FIVE YEARS t EXPEn IENCE I N TIlE PRACT ICE OF SA I0 PROFESS Ior~. HE SHALL HAVE CONTROL or ALL 0 1VISIONS AND OFFICES OF THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HE.\LTH, THE POWER TO EMPLOY AND DISMISS ALL PERSONNEL AT HIS DISCRETION, AND SHALL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE ACTIVITIES
OF ALL EMPLOYEES OF THE DEPARTMENT.

THE DEPARTMENT OF PuBLIC HEALTH HAS nlE FOLLOWING DIVISIONS:

ADMINISTRATION DIVISION TRAINING AND RESERVE
PERSONNEL DIVISION LABORATORIES DIVISION CO~~NICABLE D,SEASES
DIVISION, (D,VIS,ON OF EPIDEMIOLOGY)
CHILD HYGIENE DIVISION SANITARY ENGINEERING
DIVISION

DENTAL HEALTH EDUCATION DIVISION
VITAL STATISTICS DIVISION PUBLIC ~ALTH NURSING DIVI-
SION TUBERCULOSIS CONTROL DIVI-
SION CANCER CONTROL D,VISION

ACTIVITIES: THE STATE BOARD OF HEALTH SHALL HAVE SUPERVISION OF ALL MATTERS RELATING TO THE PRESERVATION
OF L I FE AND ilEALTH OF THE PEOPLE. IT SHALL BE THE BOARD'S DUTY:

1. To HAVE SUPREME AUTHOR ITY IN MATTE RS OF QUARANT I NE WHEN DEEMED NECESSARY.
2. To MAKE OUT AND ENFORCE REASONABLE ORDERS AND REGU-
LATIONS FOR THE PREVENTION OF THE SPREAD OF CONTAGIOUS OR INFECTIOUS DISEASES.
3. To MAKE CAnEFUL INQUIRY AS TO THE CAUSE OF THE DI-
SEASES, ESPECIALLY WHEN CONTAGIOUS, INFECTIOUS, EPIDEMIC AND ENDEMIC, AND TAKE PROMPT ACTION TO CONTROL AND SUPPRESS THEM.
4. To COLLECT AND PRESERVE RECORDS OF BIRTHS AND
DEATHS, AND REPORT THE SAME, TOGETHER WITH OTHER SUCH USEFUL INFORMATION, ANNUALLY TO THE GOVERNOR.
5. To RESPOND PROMPTLY WHEN CALLED UPON BY THE STATE
OR LOCAL GOVERNMENTS AND THE MUNICIPAL AND COUNTY BOARDS OF HEALTH TO INVESTIGATE AND REPORT UPON WATER SUPPLY, SE\~RAGE, DISPOSAL OF EXCRETA, OR VENTILATION OF ANY PLACE OR PUBLIC BUILDINGS.

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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

BEN T. HUlET
L. P. JAMES
M. /\. OlCONNER
TOMV'lISDOM
W. E. CHRISTIE

OFFICERS
COMMISSIONER OF LAGOR EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR DIRECTOR OF STATE EMPLOYMENT
SERVICE DIRECTOR OF UNEMPLOYMENT COM-
PENSATION SERVICE CHIEF FACTORY INSPECTOR

CREATION AND AUTHORITY: THE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
WAS CREATED AS A SEPARATE EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT BY ACT
OF THE GEORGIA LEGISLATURE OPERATED MARCH 25, 1937. (ACTS 1937, P. 230.) THIS SAME ACT ABOLISHED THE DE-
PARTMENT OF INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS, AND CREATED AN IN-
DUSTRIAL BOARD WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR.

PURPOSE: THE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR WAS CREATED TO PROVIDE FOR THE ARBITRATION AND CONCILiATION OF LAGOR DISPUTES, TO MAKE INVESTIGATIONS AND COLLECT STATISTICS RELATING TO LABOR CONDITIONS, AND TO MAKE iNSPECTIONS FOR THE PURPOSE OF ENFORCING THE LAGOR LAWS OF THE STATE O~ GEORGIA. AN INDUSTRIAL BOARD WAS CREATED TO ADMINISTER THE WORKMENiS COMPENSATION ACT TO MAKE RULES REL,\T ING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY I N PLACES OF EMPLOYI1ENT; TO PROV1DE PROCEDURE FOR REVIEW OF SUCH RULES; TO PROViDE PENALTIES FOR THE PROPER ENFORCEMENT OF THIS ACT; AND TO REPEAL ALL LAWS IN CONFLICT HEREWITH, AND FOR OTI1ER PURPOSES.
ORGl\N I ZAT ION: THE AFFAIRS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF
LABOR ARE DIRECTED BY THE COI,1I.11 5S lONER OF LAGOR. THE CHIEF AiDS OF THE COMMISSIONER OF LABOR ARE THE EXECUTiVE DIRECTOR, A DIRECTOR OF THE UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION DIVISION, AND A DIRECTOR OF THE STATE EMPLOYMENT SERViCE DIVISION. THE INDUSTRIAL BOARD IS COMPOSED OF THREE MEMBERS APPOINTED BY THE GOVERNOR FOR THE ADM I Ni STR,\T I ON OF THE WORKMEN' S COMPENSAT ION ACT.

ACTIVITiES OF THE COMMISSIONER OF LADOR:

ABSTRACT OF SECTION 9
1. To SUPERINTEND THE ENFORCEMENT OF ALL LAGOR LAWS
IN THE STATE OF GEORGIA.
2. To MAKE Or. CAUSE TO DE MADE ALL NECESSARY ,NSPECT"
IONS TO SEE THAT ALL LAWS AND RULES MADE PURSUANT THEFETO WH ICH THE DEPARTMENT HAS THE DUTY, POWER AND AUTHORITY TO ENFORCE, ARE PROMPTLY AND EFFECTIVELY CARRiED OUT.
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ACTIVITIES OF DIVISION OF TUOERCULOSIS CONTROL:

THE DUTIES OF THIS DIVISION ARE:

1. To OPEf:ATE FIELD X-RAY UNITS FOR EXAr"INATION OF TUBERCULOSIS CONTACTS AND SUSPECTS.

2. To OFFER DIAGNOSTIC AND CONSULTATION SERVICE TO
PHYSICIANS.

3. To DIRECT CLI"': ORG~NIZATION AND FOllOW-UP.

4. To TEST SCHOOL Clll lDROJ FOR TUOERCUlOS IS.

5. To DISCOVER CASES OF TUCErCUlOSIS FOR PLACEMENT IN SANATORIA OR TO ESTABLISH HEDICAl AND NURSlrJG SUPEF:VISION IN THE HOHC UNDEr DIRECTION or TI FAMILY PHYSICIAN.

ACTIVITIES or DIVISION or COUNTY HEALTH: THe DUTIES or THIS DIVISION AF:E:

1. To PROMOTE THE Ec,T."OL I Slll1Ern or HEALTH SErv ICE IN EACH COUNTY IN THE STATE, EITIMR IN SINGLE COUNTY UN ITS, OR IN 0 ISTr ICT UN ITS COI,1PO:::,ED or TWO O~ r10PE COUUT IE'S.

2. To SERVE IN AN ADVISORY CAPACITY AND rENDEr ASSISTANCE TO COUNTY HEALTH BOARDS For GIVING MOPE ADEQUATE AND EFFICIENT IAlTH SErVICE.

3. To SECURE I")UALI r IED PEf;SONtJEl FOR HE/,UI J elOAf;CS.

4. To FURTHER PROfl0TE MJ EFFICIENT IjE,~LTH ::,VICE elY PERPAR.I rIG AND SUPPLY I NG TI;E PROPEr f<ECOf;C AVO ::EPORT FORt,IS FOR U::E OY COUNTY ilEAL TH OOARDS, MID TO rr:PAr:E AND DISTRIBUTE EDUCATIOIMl 1.1ATEf1IAl IN TH: rO,e,l or M~ T ICU::S FOR TilE fED ICAL JOURtli\lS, PM-Wi-ILET::" Cr,\PHS,
M/\PS, ETC.

5. To RECE IVE, CHECI~ AND CONSOl ID,\ TE v/EEI:L '/ MJD 110NTIILY REPorTS OF ACT IVITIES AND ,\CCOMPLl SiIt'l:UTS or TilE
COVNTY HEALTH BOARDS.

ACTIVITIES OF DIVISION or ErIDDIIOlOGY: TilE DUTIES OF THIS DIVISION ARE:

1. To TABULATE DATA RELATIVE TO PROOlEMS OF COMt.1UtJICAOLE DISEASES AS REPORTED BY PHYSICIANS.

2. To INVESTIGATE AND AID IN CONTrOLLING EPIDE~ICS OY VISITING VAf110US PAf<TS or THE STATE TO Tf1ACE THE SOURCE or INFECTIONS AND TO supprESS THE SPREAD OF DISEASE.
3. To CONDUCT RESEARCHES MJD DEr,IONSTf1AT IONS IIJ CONfJECT ION VI ITH SPEC IAL HE,\L TH PROBLEMS.

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SECTION 16 8. DUTY TO FURNISH INFORMATION-KEEPING OF RECORDS. EVERY EMPLOYER SHALL I~EEP A TRUE AND ACCURATE RECORD OF THE NAME, ADDRESS, AND OCCUPATION OF EACH PERSON EMPLOYED BY HIM, AND OF THE DAILY AND WEEKLY HOURS WORKED BY EACH SUCH PERSON AND OF TIE WAGES PAID DURING SUCH PAY PERIOD TO EACH SUCH PERSON. SUCH RECORDS SHALL DE KEPT ON FILE FOR AT LEAST ONE YEAR AFTER THE DATE OF THE RECORD. r'Jo EIWLOYEF: SH,\LL MAKE OR CAUSE TO BE MADE ANY FALSE ENTRIES iN ANY SUCH RECORD
SECTION 19 9. I\NtJUAL REPOrT,RECGrlMENDATION AS TO LEGISLAT ON NEEDED. THE COMMiSSIONER OF LABOR SHALL ANNUALLY ON OR BEFORE TI~E FIRST DAY OF JANUARY, FILE VI ITII THE GOY ErNOP, t, REPORT COVEr I NG THE ACT I Vj TIES OF THE DEPART MENT OF LA80R, ACCOMPANIED BY RECOMMENDATIONS WITH PE FEREtJCE TO SUCH CHANGES OF THE LAW , APPLY j NG TO AND IS:f' FECTiNG INDUSTRIAL LABOR CONDITiONS, AS THE COMMISSiON ER OF LABOR MAY DEEM ADVISABLE. THE REPORT OF THE COM' MISSiONER SHALL BE PRINTED AND DISTRIBUTED IN SUCH MANNER AS THE GOVERNOR SHALL AUTHORIZE.
BEN T. HUlET COMt~ ISS lONER
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3. To SERVICE UNORGANIZED COUNTIES 0'1 ADVISORY NURS-
11m STAFF.

4. To STAFF EDUCATIOIJ PROGRAt.l 'f0 PfWVIDE FOR CONTINUOUS PROFESS I ONAL GROWTH OF THE PUOL I CHEALTil NURSES THROUGHOUT THE STATE.

ACTIVITIES OF DENTAL HEALTH DIVISION: THE DUTIES OF THIS DIVISION ARE:

1. To PROt,lOTE DENTAL HEALTH AND DENTAL HEALTH EDUCA-
T I ON AS A CONTR lOUT I ON TO TilE t1A I NTENANCE AND I MPROVEMENT OF GENErAL HEALTH.

2. To PROI,lOTE A prOGRAM OF DENTAL INSPECTION, EDUCATION, AND CORRECTION. THE INSPECTIONS ARE ARRANGED FOR BY COUNTY HEALTH COMIII 5S lONERS AND SCHOOL AUT HOR I TIES. THrOUGH THE EDUCATIONAL EFFORTS OF THE SCHOOLS, COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTt-1ENTS, PARENT TEACHER ASSOCIATIONS, AND HOME DEMONSTRATION AGENTS, COr-RCCTIVE PROGRAMS RESULT.

3. To ORGANIZE STATE AND LOCAL GROUPS TO UNDERSTllfJD
Atm PROMOTE THE PROGRNl BY EDUCAT I ON THROUGH LECTURES, NEWSPAPER ARTICLES, DULLETINS TO TEACIr-S, EXHIBITS, P.ADIO TALKS, AND COOPERATION \'1ITH THE CHILD HYGIENE AND NURSING DIVISIONS OF THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTIi.

4. To FURNISH PRINTED 1.1ATTER FOr: DEtJTAL INSPECTIONS, EDUCATIONAL 3ULLETINS FOR TEACHEr-S, AND MATEf:IAL FOR ADULT EDUCII TI ON.

ACTIVITIES OF CANCEr- CONTROL DIVISION: THIS DIVISION IS IN PROCESS OF DEING ORGANIZED AND II PROGRAM FORMULATED.

F. DR. T.

AOERCROMBIE

01 RECTOR

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DEPARH,lENT OF PU8L Ie HEALTH

STATE BOARD OF HEALTH

r. Gov. E. D. RIVERS, EX-OFFICIO
RODERT MADDOX, CHAiRMAN DR. CLEVELAND THOMPSON
DR. C. K. SHARP DR. R. C. ELLIS
DR. JOHN A. CORRY DR. A. R. ROZAR

DR. H. W. CLEMENTS
DR. L. C. ALLEN
On. D. N. THOMPSON
DR. M. D. HODGES
DR. W. T. EDMUNDS DR. J. G. WILLIAMS
DR. PAUL McGEE

OFFICERS
DR. T. r. ABERCROM81E T. r. SELLERS
L. M. CLARKSON
BUTLER TOOMBS DR. H. C. SCHENCK
DR. GUY G. LUNSFORD
DR. C. D. BOWDOIN DR. J. P. BOWDOIN
DR. RALPH MOSTELLER

DIRECTOR
CHIEF, DIVISION OF LABOp.ATonIES
CHIEF, DIVISION OF SANitARY ENGINEERS
CHI~F~ DIVISION OF VITAL STATISTICS
CIlIEF, DIVISION OF TUBERCULOSIS CONTROL WORl~
CHIEF, DIVISIO~ OF COUNTY HEALTH VlORK
CHIEF, DIVISION OF
Ep IDEI11 OLOGY
CHIEF, DIVISION OF CHILD HYGIENE AND VENEREAL DISEASE CONTROL
ACTING CHIEF, DIVISION OF CANCE.I~ CONTROL

CREATION AND AUTHORITY: ,I), ST,qE GOARD OF HEALTH
WAS SET UP BY AN ACT OF 1875. INSUFFICIENT RECOGNI-
TION AND APPROPRIATIONS CAUSED IT TO BECOME INACTIVE
IN 1878. SU8SEQUENT LEGISLATIVE ACTION IN 1903, 1910, AND 1931, WITH REVISION IN 1933 (ACT No. 318) RESULTED
IN THE ESTABLISHMENT OF AN ORGANIZED DEPARTMENT OF PUB-
L ICHEAL TH WITH A GRADUATE PHYS IC IAlJ AS D IRECTOR, AND
A BOARD OF HEALHI, OF RECOMMENDED PROFESSIONAL STATUS,
TO ADVISE IN THE MANAGEMENT AND CONTROL OF THE DEPART-
MENT.

ORGANIZATION: THE BOARD OF HEALTH SHALL DE COMPOSED OF 14 MEMBERS, APPOINTED BY THE GOVERNOR AND
CONF IRI1ED 8Y THE SEIMTE, Four FP.or1 THE STi\TE AT LI\RGE AND ON:: Fr~OM EACH CONGRESS IONAL DI STR ICT; prov IDED

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QlVIStOH OF MENTAL. HYGIENE

ACTIVITIES OF DIVISION OF LABORATORIES: THE DUTIES OF THIS DIVISION ARE:
1. To AID PHYSICIANS AND HEALTH AGENCIES IN THE DIAGNOSIS OF DISEASE OF PUBLIC HEALTH IMPORTANCE.
2. To AID IN THE DETCCTlotl AND CONTROL OF EPIDEMICS.
3. To ENGAGE IN SUCH RESEARCH AS l.lAY FURTHEr: THE PRESENT KNO\~EDGE OF DIAGNOSIS, TREATMENT AND CONTROL OF DISEASE.
4. To COOPEr.ATE 'tilTH ALL FEDERAL, STATE, COUNTY AND MUNICIPAL HEALTH UNITS.
ACTIVITIES OF SANITARY ENGINEERING DIVISION: THE DUTIES OF THIS DIVISION ARE:
1. To APPROVE DESIGN AND HAVE SUPERVISION OF PU3LIC WATER SUPPLIES, SEWAGE DISPOSAL, LABORATORY CONTROL AND ANALYSIS.
2. To APPROVE 1,1UNICIPAL AND RURAL SANITATION, PRIVY AND SEPT IC TANK CONSTRUCT ION MlD IMPROVEI1ENT OF PR IVATE \'1ATER SUPPLI ES.
3. To CONTr.OL MALARIA ElY DRAINAGE AND OTHER METHODS.
4. To INVESTIGATE SPECIAL HEALTH AND SANITATION PROOLEMS.
5. To PROVIDE SANITARY ENGINEERIUG SERVICES TO LOCAL HEALTH DEPARHtENTS.
ACTIVITIES OF DIVISION OF VITAL STATISTICS: THE DUTIES OF THIS DIVISION ARE:
1. To COLLECT CERTIFICATES OF ALL BIRTHS AIJD DEATHS IN TilE STATE OF GEORGIA.
2. To COMPILE FROM THESE RECORDS OF BIRTHS AND DEATHS,
BATA CONT/"'NING CONCRETE INFORr1ATION TENDING TO AID THE EPARnlENT OF PU3L1C HEALTH, AND THE VARIOUS HEALTH UN ITS THROUGHOUT THE STATE TO CARRY OUT THE I R PLANS FOR GEHERAL AND SPECIFIC HEALTH WORK OF GEORGIA.
3. To KEEP TABULATIONS CHRONOLOGICALLY, COVERING STILLBIRTHS; ILLEGITIMACY; 31RTHS BY SEX AND COLOR, GROUPED BY COUNTIES AND THE STATE AS A WHOLE, DEATHS FROI:. VARIOUS CAUSES, ETC., ON FILE.
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ORGANIZATION: THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WaFARE CONSISTS OF A STATE BOArD OF PUBLIC WELFARE COMPOSED OF A DIRECTOR OF SAID BOARD AND SIX ADDITIONAL MEMDERS APPOINTED BY THE GOVERNOR AND ,HAVING SPECIAL QUALIFICl,T IONS. THERE ARE S I X MAJOR D Ilv I S IONS OF THE DEPARTMENT
QF PUBL I C WCLFARE; NAf.1ELY, PUBL I C Ass I STMJCE D I V I S I ON, CHILD W~LFARE DIVISION, ACCOUNTS AND FINANCE DIVISION,
LEGAL DIVISION, INSTITUTIONS AND CORrECTIONS DIVISION,
AND t,lENTAL HVG I ENE DI V I S I ON.
!\CTIVlTlES: THE STATE DEPArnlENT SHALL DE CHArGED \'IITI-I THE AD141NISTRATION OR SUPERVISION or ALL COUNTY VlELF ~RE AGENC I ES OF THE ST,HE AS HERe I NAFTEr: PROV IDEO. THE ::>TATE DEPARH1ENT SHALL:
1. ADMINISTER OR SUPERVISE ALL FORMS OF PUBLIC ASSISTANCE INCLUDING GENERAL HOME rELIEF, OUTDOOR AND INDOOR CARE Fon PCRSONS IN NEED, OLD-AGE ASS!STANCE, AID TO DEPENDENT CHILDRErJ, AID TO THS BLIND OR OTHER\'1ISE HANDICAPPED; THE OPErATION OF STATE CHARITABLE AND ELEEMOSYNARY INSTITUTIONS; THE SUPERVISON OF AGENCIES AND INSTITUTIONS CARING FOR DEPENDENT OR MENTALLY OR PHYSICALLY 11ANDICAPPED OR AGED ADULTS; APPROVAL OF TIlE INCORPORATION OF CHARTIA8LE AGENCIES; AND SUCH OTHER
WELFARE ACTIVITICS OR SERVICES t,s tIAY BE VESTED IN IT.
2. AD1.IINISTER OR SUPERVISE ALL CllILD WELFARE ACTIVITIES, INCLUDING THOSE SERVICES AS PROVIDED FOR IN PUB-
LIC NUMOER 271,.TITLE 5, (PART 3) AS ENACTED BY THE
74TH CONGRESS OF THE UtJ I TED SHTES I N HOUSE RESOLUT I ON 7260, THE IMPORTATION OF CHILDREN; LICENSING AND SUPERVISING or PRIVATE AND LOCAL PUBLIC CHILD CARING AGENCIES AND INSTITUTIONS; THE CARE OF DEPENDENT, NEGLECTED, AtJD DELINQUENT CHILDREN IN FOSTER FAMILY HotlES, OR IN I tJST I TUT IONS, TilE PROTECT ION OF CH I LOREN FOR ADOPT I ON OR THOSE OF ILLEGITlt.1ATE BIRTH; TI1E OPERATION OF STATE INSTITUTIONS FOR CHILDREN AND COOPERATION IN THE SUPERVISION OF JUVEN.ILE PRODATION.
3. COOPERATE \'11 TH TilE FEDERAL GOVERtIMENT, ITS AGEtJC i ES
OR I NSTRUr,lENTAL I TIES, I tJ ESTABL I SH I NG, EXTEND I NG MJD STRENGTHENING SERVICES FOR Tf~ PROTECTION AND CARE OF HOMELESS, DEPENDEtlT, AND NEGLECTED CH I LDRE N AlJD CH I LOREN IN DI\NGER OF DECor11 NG DEL I NQUENT, AND TO RECE I VE AND EXPEND ALL FUNDS '.lADE AVA I LADLE TO THE DEPARH10rr BY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT OR STATE, OR ITS POLITICAL SUODIVISIONS, FOR SUCH PURPOSES.
4. Am.IINISTER OR SUPERVISE ALL MENTAL HYGIENE \,IORr-, I NCLUD I NG THE: OPERAT I ON OF ALL STATE I tJST I TUT lotJS FOR THE CARE OF MENTALLY ILL OR FEEBLE-MINDED PERSONS, AND OF NON-INSTITUTIONAL CARE FOR THIS GROUP.

,I\CTIVITIt:S OF DIVISION OF CHILD HYGIENE: THE DUTICS or THIS DIViSION ARE:
1. To coepeRATE IN ALL EFrORTS TO DETTER HEALTH or MOTHERS AND CHILD~EN.
2. To SUPERVISE PUDLIC HEALTH NURSING SERVICE. (AT
TH 1ST IIlE THERE ARE 97 HEAL Til NURSES.)
3. To INSTRUCT MJD SUPERVISE MIDWIVES, AND TO ISSUE C=~TlrICATES TO THO~E QUALIFIED rOR SERVICE.
4. To CONDUCT SPECIAL DEMONSTR,HIONS IN IMTERNAL AND CHILD HYGIENE.
5. To 1,1i\INTAIN DENTAL HEALTH EDUCATION PROGRAM FOR PRCJ/'lOT ION or DETTER ORAL HEALTH cOlm I T IONS.
G. To ORGANIZE PRENA7AL CLINICS AND TO GIVE LECTURES
TO EDUCATE GROUPS IN PRENATAL WORK.
ACTIVITIES OF VENEREAL DISEASE DIVISION: THE DUTIES or THIS DIVISION ARE:
1. To PREPARE ANDDISTRIDUTE LITERATURE ON SOCIAL HY-
GIENE, 80TH rOR PRorESSIONAL AND LAY PEOPLE.
2. To KEEP RECOPD OF CASES or VENEREAL DISEASES REPO:(TED 0'1 PHYSICIANS AND CLINICS, TR.'NSII,ITTING REI"ORTS TO UN ITED ST,HES PUOLI cHEAL TH SERV ICE.
3. To ASSIST PHYSICIANS IN DIAGNOSES AND RELEASE rROM
. Tf~E,\TllENT
,i. To SUPPLY SILVER NITRATE rOR PREVENTION OF OLIND-
N:::S IN ItJFANTS.
5. To SUPPLY LECTURERS rOR LAY OR PROFESSIONAL GROUPS.
ACTIVIT I ES or PUBLIC HEALTII Nurs IfJG D IVI S ION: TilE DUTiES or THIS DIVISION Af<E:
1. To COORDINATE AND ADMINISTER NURSING ACTIVITIES or THE STi\TE DEPArn1ENT or IIEALTH. THIS INVOLVES:
(A) SELECTION or NURSING PERSONNEL. (8) PROMOTION AND DEVELOPMENT OF NURSING ACTIVI-
TIES or THE RESPECTIVE DIVISIONS, (CHILD Hy-
GIENE, TUOEPCUlOSIS, COtn~UNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL ,'ND COUNTY HEAL Til World.
2. To SUPERV ISE HUPS I NG ACT IVITIES OF COUNTY HEAL Til 801l1'mS THROUGH THE SCRV ICE OF ADV ISORY NURSES.
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14. HAVE THE RIGHT AND AUTHORITY TO ACCEPT GIFTS OR DONATIONS WITH FULL POWER TO EXECUTE IN CONNECTION WITH SUCH GIFTS AND DONATIONS FOR WELFARE PURPOSES AS MAY OE PRESCR IOED OY THE DONORS THEREOF.

15. DE EMPOWERED I'll TH AUTHOR ITY TO DELEGATE IN WHOLE O~ IN PART THE OPERATION OF ANY INSTITUTION OR OTHER ACTIVITY OF THIS DEPARTMENT TO ANY OTIR APPROPRIATE DEPARTMENT OR AGENCY OF THE STATE, COUNTY, OR MUNICIPAL
GOVERNMENTS AND TO CONTRACT WITH AND COOPERATE WITH SUCH DEPARTMENTS OR SUDDIVISIONS IN ANY MANNER PROPER FOR CARRYING OUT THE PURPOSES OF THIS ACT.

16. DE E~POWERED WITH AUTHORITY TO CREATE AND ESTAD-

LISH Hosp

A BOARD OF ITAL, I\NDlon

TRANUYSTEOETHS ERFORELETEIMOSMYINLALREYDGErrV~ISLT'LETUSTTIAOTNE

OF

THE STATE, WITH GENERAL REPRESENTATION FROM EACH CON-

GRESSIONAL DISTRICT OF THE STATE ON ANY OOARD WHICH MAY

DE ESTADLISHED; SUCH BOARD OR OOARDS TO DE EMPOWERED

WITH DUTIES AND AUTHORITY ""':"'i::Gt'":.LJ TO THEf1 OY THE

STATE DEPARTMENT AND TO FUNCTION UNDER THE DIRECTION OF

THE STATE DEPARTMENT, AND TO COOPERATE WITH THE STATE

PURCHAS ItJG DEPARn1ENT IN COIJNECT IOIJ VI ITH THE PURCHAS ING

OF SUPPLIES AND NECESSITIES FOR SUCH INSTITUTION OR

I NST ITUT IONS; SUCH BOARD OR OOARDS Ir~ THE 0 ISCRET ION OF

THE STATE DEPARH1ErJT TO DE ESTAOL ISHED WHENEVER AtJD!OR

WHEREVER PRACTICADLE AND ADVISADLE FOR THE OPERATION OF

SUCH INSTITUTION OR INSTITUTIONS.

17. CERTIrY AND APPROVE SUCH HOSPITALS APPLYING THEREFOR, WHICH MAY OE FOUND TO BE ELIGIBLE TO RENDER HOSPITAL SERVICE UNDER ANY GROUP NON-PROFIT HOSPITAL INSURANCE PLAN, WHICH MAY DE APPROVED AND OECOME EFFECTIVE, AND SUPERVISE THE SERVICES RENDERED OY HOSPITALS OPERATING UNDER SUCH PLAN, WITH AUTHORITY TO WITHDRAW APPROVAL FROM ANY HOSPITAL WHICH SUBSEQUENTLY MAY UNDER RULES AND REGULATIONS OF THE STATE DEPARTMENT BECOHE INELIGIBLE FOR RENDERING SUCH SERVICES, PROVIDED THAT IN FIXING RULES AND REGULATIONS IN THIS CONNECTION, or IN ENFORCING SUCH RULES, HOSPITALS INTERESTED THEREIN SHALL OE GIVEN OPPORTUIJ ITY TO OE HEARD.

LAMAR r,;UrOAUGH DIRECTOR

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PQ'.NER TO MAKE RULES OF PROCEDURE: THE BOARD IS
AUTHOR I ZED BY GENERAL ORDERS NOT I NCON5I STEtIT \'1ITH THE
PROV r S IONS or THE ACT CREAT I NG HIE GOARD AND THE LA\1S
OF THE STATE OF GEORGIA TO PROMULGATE RULES GOVERNING ITS PROCEEDINGS.
T. GRADY HEAD
Cor.1M ISS lONER
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DEPARnlEHT OF PUBLI C WELFARE

OFFICERS

LMIAR MURDAUGH Dr.. J. C. WELLBORN LOUISA DEB. FITZSIMONS FRANCES STEELE
C. A. DooLi TTLE
H. B. MAYS. JR. M. HARDIN MITCHELL
FRANK C. SHIRLEY
DR. MARTIN T. MYERS
l. T. GILLEN

D,RECTOR DIVISION OF INSTITUTIONS PUBLIC ASSISTANCE DIVISION CHILO WELFARE DIVISION ACCOUNTS AND FINANCE DIVISION DIVISION OF ADULT SERVICES STATE SUPERINTENDENT OF RE-
SEARCH & STATISTICS
DIVISION OF COMMODITY DISTRIBUTION
CRIPPLE CHILDREN'S DIVISION CONFEDERATE PENSION DIVISION

WELFARE BOARD

ARTHUR LUCAS
LAMAR MURDAUGH DR~ J. S. GOLDEN J. HALLMAN BELL
A. 1. MINCHEW
FRANK W. SPENCER
DR. J. R. WILSON

CHAIRMAN DIRECTOR AND SECRETARY

CREATION AND AUTHORITY: THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF
PUBLI C WELFARE WAS CREATED BY ACT No. 62 OF THE GEORG I A LEGISLATURE. APPROVED FEBRUARY 26. 1937 (ACTS 1937 P
355), THIS ACT ABOLISHED THE BOARD OF CONTROL OF ELEE-
MOSYNARY INSTITUTIONS. AND THE BOARD OF WELFARE Du-
TIES AND FUNCTIONS OF THE OLD BOARD. SUCH AS ADMINIS-
TERING. DISTRIBUTING AND SUPERVISING PAYMENT OF PEN-
SIONS TO EX-CONFEDERATE SOLDIERS AND SAILORS AND THEIR
DEPENDEtnS. "WERE VESTED IN THE NEW DEPARTMENT.

PURPOSE: THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WELFARE ~AS ORGANIZED AND EMPOWERED WITH THE NECESSARY AUTHORITY TO ADMINISTER. EXPEND. AND DISBURSE FUNDS APPROPRIATED TO IT AND ALLOCATED TO IT BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA AND BY THE RESPECTIVE COUNTIES OF SAID STATE AND BY THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT THROUGH iTS APPROPRIATE AGENCIES AND INSTRUMENTALITIES FOR THE PUR" POSE OF DISTRIBUTING OLD-AGE ASSISTANCE AND ALL OTHER
BENEFITS PROVIDED FOR IN THIS ACT. AND IN ACT No. 364,
~HICH PROVIDES FOR COMPLETE SERVICES TO CRIPPLE CHILD-
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6. To MAKE SPECIAL eXAMINATIONS AND AUDITS FOR EITIR
THE GOVERNOR, THE ApPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE OF THE IbuSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, OR THE ApPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE OF THE SENATE.
7. To AUDIT THE ACCOUNTS OF MOTOR FUEL DISTRIBUTORS
AND OF CIGAR AND CIGARETTE DEALERS, WHEN CALLED UPON BY TilE GOVERNOR.
8. To AUDIT THE BOOKS AND ACCOUNTS OF STATE UNIVERSITY
AND BRANCHES, COUNTY SUPERINTENDENTS OF SCHOOLS, SCHOOLS RECEIVING STATE AID, ETC.
As ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF THE BUDGET BUREAU THE STATE AUDITOR SHALL ACTIVELY ASSIST THE DIRECTOR or TilE BUDGET BUREAU IN THE COMPILATION AND ANALYSIS or ESTIMATES, IN THE PREPARATION or THE BUDGET AND THE !,CCO:,lPANYING MESSAGE AND APPROPRIATION DILL, AND IN THE INSPECTION or PUBLIC OFFICERS.
EXECUT I atJ OF THE GUDGET: ~LLOW I NG APPROV,\L BY TilE GOVERNOR OF RCQU IS rT ION:::. FOR A~LOnIEtJT or ST,HE AGENC IES, THE JAME SHALL BE SUCM ITTED BY THE GOVERNOR TO THE, STATE AUD ITOR, WIlO SHALL BE GOVERtJED IN HIS CON-
TROL OF EXPEND I TURES BY SUCH ALLOTMENTS. No CIrANGES
NOR TRANSFERS OF ALLOTMENTS SIlALL BE MADE EXCEPT UPON WR ITTEN HEnUE:::,T OF THE REsrONS IOLE HEAD OF THE SPENDI NG AGENCY, APPROVAL OF THE GOVERNOR IN "12 IT I NG. SUCll CHANGES OR TRANSFERS NOT EFFECTIVE UNTIL REnUEST AND APPROVAL TRANSMITTED TO STATE AUDITOR.
ZACH ARMOL;) STATE AUDITOR
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5. COOPCRATE iN TIE SUPERVISION OF ALL CORRECTIONAL ACTIVITIES, INCLUDING THE OPERATION OF ALL THE PENAL AND CORRECT I ONAL IfJST ITUT IONS OF THE STATE, TOGETI1ER ''''.!Tll PAROLE, SUPERVISING OF PRODATION SERVICES, SEGREG~TION OF FIRST OFFENDERS, AND TI~ INSPECTION OF LOCAL JAILS>
6. PROVIDE SERVICES TO COUNTY GOVERNMENTS INCLUDING TIE ORGANIZATION AND SUPERVISION OF COUNTY WELFARE DEP,\PH1ENTS FO,. THE EFFCCl"IVE ADr.lItJISTR/\TlotJ OF WELF/,PE FUNCTIONS, AND THE COMPILATION OF STATISTICS AND NECESSARY INFORMATION RELATIVE TO PU3LIC WELFARE PRODLEMS ,.HROUGHOUT THE STATE.
7. PPESCRIOE QUALIFICATIONS AND SALARY STANDARDS FOR
WELFARE PERSONNEL IN STATE AND COUNTY WELFARE DEPARTf.ENTS.
8. ASSIST OTHER DEPARTf~NTS, AGENCIES AND INSTITUTIONS OF THE STATE AND FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, WHEN SO REnlfJ"C;TED, DY PERFORMING SERVICES IN CONFORMITY \'11TH THE PURPOSE OF TIl IS ACT.
9. ACT AS THE AGENT OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT I N \~EL FARE MATTEr:S OF MUTUAL CONCERN IN CONFORMITY WITI1 THIS
ACT AND THE ADfll NISTRAT I ON or ANY FEDERt,L FUNDS GRANTED
TO THE STATE TO AID IfJ THE FURTHERANCE OF ANY FUNCTIONS OF THE STATE DEPARTMENT.
10. UNDER RULES AND REGULATIONS PRESCRIBED 0'( THE
STATE DEPAP.T~ENT, DESIGNATE COUNTY DEPARTMENTS TO SERVE AS AGENTS I N THE P2:RFORflANCE OF ALL STATE WELFARE ACT 1VITIES IN THE COUNTY.
11. ADMINISTER SUCH ADDITIONAL WELFARE FUNCTIONS AS
ARE HREOY OR HERE I NAFTER f~AY OE VESTED I NIT D'( LAW.
12. ADM INISTER THE PAYMENT OF PENS IONS TO EX-COrJFEDERATE SOLDIERS AND SAILORS AND THEIR DEPENDENTS AND PERFORM ALL OF THE DUTIES AND PESPONSIOILITIES THEREWITH WHICH HAVE I~RETOFORE BEEN UNDER THE SUPERVISION AND JUR ISD ICT ION OF TilE VETEPMJS SERV ICE OFF ICE UNDER AND OY VIRTUE OF TITLE 78, CHAPTER 78-201 OF THE 1933 CODE OF GEORG rA AND AS flAY HEREAFTER DE MOPE SPEC I F ICALLY PROVfDED FOR IN SECTION 19 OF THIS ACT.
13. HAVE TilE RIGHT WIlICH IS HEREOY VEST2:D IN SAID
STATE DEPAP.TMENT TO DESIGNATE PRIVATE INSTITUTIONS AS STATE INSTITUTIONS, AND CONTR,\CT WITH SUCH PRIVATE IIJ5T I TUT IONS FOR SUCH ACT IVITIES, IN CARRY ING OUT TIlE PROV IS IONS OF Tll IS ACT, AS THE DEPA:~n1[fJT MAY DEEf.! NECESSAPY FRat,1 T Ir,IE TO T If,lE, t,ND TO EXERC ISE SUCH SUPERV IS ION /11m COOPERAT ION IN THE 10PERAT I ON OF SUCH DESIGNATED PRIVATE INSTITUTIONS AND OR AGENCIES, SO DESIGNATED, AS THE DEPARTMENT MAY DEEM NECESSARY.
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To 5.

SECURE FROM EACH DANK A 1,11 N 11,1UM OF THREE RE PORTS

A YEAR, I N ADD I T I ON TO THE EXAr,lI NA T lOriS [JY ST ,HE BANK

EXM,ll NERS.

To 6.

REMOVE FRQf\l OFFICE ANYONE WHO IS FOUND DISHONEST,

INCOMPETENT OR RECKLESS.

To 7.

REQU I RE ALL [JANKS, \'IHOSE CAP I TAL STOCK [JECOMES

I MPA I RED, TO ASSESS THE STOCKHOLDErS TO COVER I 11PA I m1ENT
(CODE 1933, P. 297).

To 8.

TAKE POSSESSION OF ANY [JArJl~ \'lIl1CH HAS VIOLATED

ITS CHARTER.

To 9.

ISSUE PEm,ll TS FOR [JANKS TO COW.1ENCE [JUS I NESS.

To 10.

APprOVE OR DISAPPROVE APPLICATION FOR CHARTERS

FOR NEW DANKS.

11. To CONVERT DANKS FROM ONE CLASSIFIC~TION TO ANOTH-
E:;.

12. To MERGE, CONSOLIDATE OR DISSOLVE DANKS.

13. To LIQUIDATE DANKS WHOSE CfIM,TERS ARE FORFEITED.

To 14.

MAKE SUCH RULES AND rEGULATIONS AS DEEM:D EXPE-

DIENT FOR OPERATION OF THIS DEPARTMENT.

To 15.

PLACE AND EXECUTE PENALTY FOR REFUSAL TO COMPLY

VI ITf! ORDERS ISSUED OY THE DEPM~THENT.

R. E. GORl,lLEY
SUPERINTENDENT OF BANKS

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PROPERTY AND DISGURSING OFFICER.--THE PROPE"TY AND DISDURSING OFFICER SI~LL ATTEND TO TIE CARE, PRESERVATION, SAFEKEEPING,REPAIRING AND ISSUE OF ARMS, ORDNANCE, ACCOUTREMENTS AND E\lU I PtlEIJTS, MID ALL OTHER r,ll L ITt,RY PROPERTY DELONG IIJG TO THE STATE; ALSO SHALL RECEIPT, DISDURSE AND ACCOUNT (OR ALL FUNDS AND PRO-
PEr~TY BELONGING TO THE UNITED STATES IN POSSeSSION or
THE f'JAT IONAL GUMW OF TH IS STATE. THE N,6Tl0NAL GUARD SHALL CONSIST OF AN ADJUTANT
GENERAL'S UEPARTMENT, AN JNSPECTOR GENERAL'S DEPARTMENT, A JUDGE ADVOCATE'S UEPARTMENT, A QUARTERMASTER CORPS, A t,1ED ICAL DE PARTMEHT, A CORPS OF EtlG IHEERS , AN ORDNANCE DEPARTMENT, AND A SIGNAL CORPS, IN ACCORDANCE WITH ITS STRENGTH AS LEGALLY AUTHOR I ZED FROIl T IME TO TIME; PROVIDED, HOWEVER THAT THE GOVERNOR SHALL HAVE THE RIGHT TO ALTER, DIVIDE, ANNEX, CONSOLIDATE, DISBAND OR REORGANIZE THE SAME, AND CREATE NEW ORGANIZATIONS THEREIN, WHENEVER IN HIS JUDGMENT THE EFFICIENCY OF THE MILITARY FORCES WILL BE THEREBY INCREASED.
JOHN E. STODDARD
THE ADJUTANT GENERAL
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DEPARTtOJT OF REVENUE AND
STATE REVENUE COMMISSIONER

T. GRADY HEAD

COI.1M I SS lONER

PURPOSE: THE DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE AND THE OFFICE OF STATE REVENUE COMMISSIONER WERE CREATED BY AN
ACT OF THE GENERAL ASSEM8LY APPROVED JANUARY 3, 1938.
PRIOR TO THE CREATION OF THE DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE STATE TAXES WERE COLLECTED 8Y TljE STATE REVENUE COM MISSIONER, THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL AND OTHER STATF OFFICIALS. THE AIM AND PURPOSE OF THIS ACT WAS TO CONSOLIDATE THE COLLECTION OF ALL TAXES DUE THE STATE INTO
ONE DEPARTMENT HEADED 8Y ONE I"AN DES IGNATED I N THE ACT AS THE REVENUE COMMISSIONER. THE GOVERNOR AND THE GENERAL ASSEMGLY RE;\LlZED THAT THE CRE,qION OF THIS DEPARTMENT WOULD iNCREASE THE EFFICIENCY OF THE STATE
IN THE PROPER ADMINISTRATION OF ITS TAX LAWS AND AT THE SAME TIME A GREAT SAVING COULD GE 11ADE BY THE STATE AND HAVING THAT PURPOSE IN MIND THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY
PASSED AND THE GOVERNOR APPROVED ON JANUARY 3. 1938,
AN ACT THE CAPTION OF WHICH IS AS FOLLOWS:

"AN ACT TO MAKE COMPREHENSIVE PROVISION FOR AN INTEGRATED TAX ADMINISTRATION FOR GEORGIA; TO CREATE THE DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE AND THE OFFICE OF STATE REVENUE COMMISSIONER; TO CONFER UPON SUCH CO~4ISSIONER ALL THE POWERS AND DUTIES FORMERLY VESTED IN THE STATE REVENUE Cm.1MISSION AND iN THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL IN RELATION TO PETROLEUM INSPECTION, LICENSES AND TAXATION; TO AGOL' iSH THE STATE REVENUE COMMISSION; TO CONTINUE THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL AS INSURANCE COMMISSIONER, COMPTROLLER OF WITHDRAWALS, TO PROVIDE FOR THE APPOINTMENT, TERM OF OFFICE, SALARY, OATH, GOND, AUTHORITY, DUTIES AND REMOVAL OF THE STATE RE' VENUE CmlM I S5 lONER; TO PROV I DE FOR THE ORGAN I ZATION AND OPERATION OF THE DEPARTMENT; TO CREATE THE STATE BOARD OF TAX ApPEALS; TO PROVIDE FOR REV IEVI GY THE BOARD OF THE ASSES5r.1ENTS AND EQUAL I ZATION ORDERS OF THE COMMISSIONER; TO MAKE APPROPRIATiON FOR THE DEPARTMENT AND THE BOARD; TO PROV I DE' FOR APPEAL TO THE BOARD FROM THE SUPER I OR COURTS; TO ENFORCE TAX LIABILITY TO OTHER STATES
WHICH RECIPROCATE; TO REPEAL CODE SECTIONS 924507, 92-6001-7, 9270046, CHAPTERS 92,60, 92 61 MiD 9268 AND LAWS IN CONFl. ICT "" TH TH i 5 ACT; TO
PROVIDE FOR THE ADMINISTRATION OF AND THE ENFORCE i:1Etn OF THE TAX LAWS; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSeS,"

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6. To EMPLOY AGENTS AND EllPLOYEES NECESSARY TO CARRY OUT THE OBJECTS AND PURPOSES OF THE COMMISSION.
7. To HAVE AND USE A COMMON SEAL, TO ADOPT ALL
NEEDFUL OY-LAWS, RULES AND REGULATIONS. 8. To HAVE AND EXERC ISE ALL POVIER AND DE SUOJECT
TO ALL DUTIES USUALLY INCIDENT TO BOARDS OF DIRECTORS OF CORPORATIONS.
9. THE Cor,1M I SS I ON SHALL HAVE THE PO'iIER TO SELL
ALL BONDS ISSUED BY IT AT THE OEST PRICE OOTAiNABLE, WHETHER AT A DISCOUNT OR AT A PREMIUM.
JOHN E. STODDARD
THE ADJUTANT GENERAL
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(10) To EMPLOY AND DISCHARGE MJD FIX THE COI!PEfJSATION OF SUCH PERSONNEL FOR OFFICE AND FIELD STAFF WITHIN THE LI'lITS OF APPROPRIATION AS HE MAY DEEM PROPER. THE COI"n ISS lONER I S AUTHOR I ZED TO ORGAN' ZE HIS DEPARTMENT, ASSIGN HIS EMPLOYEES AND DISCHARGE THE RES?ONSIElILITIES INCIDENT TO TilE ADMINISTR!ITION or THE STATE TAX SYSTEM ItJ SUCH A tlAWJER AS HE MAY DE [1,1 PROPEr~. HE IS ALSO AUTHORIZED TO DELEGATE CErTAIN DUTIES WITH REFERENCE TO THE COLLECTION OF LICENSE FEES TO OTHER DEPARH1ENTS OF ST!ITE \"1I1ERE THE DELEGATION or SUCH AUTHORITY WOULD DE OF DENEFIT TO THE STrITE.
(11) To ADMINISTER THE ACT KNOWN AS THE REVENUE TAX ACT TO LEGALIZE AND CONTROL ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES AND LIQUORS.
(12) THE COMMISSIONER IS ALSO MADE AN EX-OFFICIO
tlEMOER OF THE WAYS AND MEANS Cow~ ITTEE OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES AND THE FINANCE COMMITTEE OF THE SENATE AND IN PERFORMANCE OF HIS DUTIES AS AN EX-OFFICIO MEMOER OF THESE COt.1MITTEES HE WILL RENDER ASSISTANCE TO THEM IN FRAMING TAX LEGISLATION.
SOARD OF TAX APPEALS
THE ACT CREt.T I NG THE DEPARTt1ENT OF REVENUE AtJD THE OFFICE OF COMMISSIONER OF REVENUE ALSO CREATED A STATE BOARD OF TAX ApPEALS. THE BOARD CONSISTS OF THREE MENDERS, THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL, TIE STATE AuDITOR, AND THE STATE TREASURER EX-OFFICIO. EACH MENDER OF SAID BOARD SHALL SERVE ~ITHOUT ADDITIONAL COMPENSATION.
(1) THE FUNCTION OF THE ElOARD OF TAX ApPEALS SHALL
DE TO REVIEW TilE ASSESSMENTS tMDE OY THE STATE REVENUE COMMISSIONER WHEN OY SUCH ASSESSMENT, AFTER HEARING DY TI1E COtn~ I SS lONE" OR HIS REGULAR AUTHOR IZED EMPLOYEE OR AGENT, ANY TAXPAYER MAY DE AGGRIEVED AND PETITION FOR SAID REVIEW.
(2) THE BOARD OF TAX ApPEALS IS ALSO REQUIRED ON PETITION OF ANY CHAIRMAN OF A COUNTY BOARD OF ASSESSORS WHO IS DISSATISFIED WITH THE CHANGES AND CORRECTIONS IN COUNTY ASSEssrlENTS ORDERED MADE CY THE STATE REVENUE CQtll.lISSIONER IN EqUALIZING ITS TAXAElLE VALuATION, TO REVIEW THE ACTION OF SAID COMMISSIONER IF SAID ASSESSORS WITHIN TEN (10) DAYS FROM RECEIPT OF THE NOTICE OF THE COMMISSIONER'S ACTION SHALL REQUEST IT IN WRITING.
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VETERANS SERVICE OFHCE

I

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i

SPANISH AMERICAN WAR DIVISION

D1RECTOR
WORLO- WAR DIVISION

I
VETERANS LICENSE DIVISION

DEPARTMENT OF AUDITS

OFFICERS

ZACH ARNOLD

STATE AUDITOR

LEROY PHARR

CHIEF EXAMINER

B. E. THRASHER, JR. CHIEF CLERK

CREATION AND AUTfDRITY: ACT No.1 OF THE SPECIAL
SESSION OF THE GENERAL ASSDlOLY OF NOVEMBER 7 TO DEC-
EMOER 14, 1923 CREATED AND ESTAOLISHED THE DEPARTMENT OF AUDITS AND ACCOUNTS. (ACTS 1923, P. 7, SPECIAL
SESSION.)

OrGMJIZATION: THE STATE AUDITOR IS Et-1POVlERED TO APPOINT AND EMPLOY SUCH OFFICERS Arm ASSISTANTS AS ARE NECESSARY TO FULFILL THE DUTIES OF THE OFFICE, EACH OF WHOM SHALL HOLD OFFICE DURING THE PLEASURE OF THE STATE AUDITor.

ACTIVITIES: THE DUTIES AND POWERS OF THE STATE AUDITOR SHALL DE:

1. To DEVISE AND WITH THE APPROVAL OF THE GOVERNOR, TO
PROMULGATE, INSTALL, AND ESTAOLISH FORMS AND RECORDS FO~ THE COLLECTING AND PAYING OUT OF ALL MONEYS, FUNDS AND rEVOlUES OF THE STATE AND I NSURE THE PROTECT I ON AND PROPEr USE OF I\LL STORES, EQU I P~lENT AND PROPERTY OF THE SnTE.

2. To THOROUGHLY EXAfllNE ALL FINANCIAL TRANSACTIONS OF
ALL THE STATE DEPARHIENTS, INSTITUTIONS, AGENCIES, COM~ MISSIONS, OUREAUS AND OFFICERS.

3. To EXAMINE AND THOROUGHLY AUDIT, AT LEAST ONCE A
YEA~, AND MORE FREQUENTLY IF POSSIOLE, EACH AND ALL OF TI BOOKS, RECORDS, ACCOUNTS, VOUCHERS, WARRANTS, BILLS AN~ ALL OTHER PAPERS AND RECORDS OF EACH AND EVERY DE PARTMENT, INSTITUTION, AGENCY, COMMISSION, BUREAU AND OFFICEr OF TIE STATE.

4. To PREPARE ANNUALLY AND, WHENEVER REQUirED, SPECIAL REPORTS TO THE GOVERIlOR AND THE GENErAL ASSEt,lOLY, SHOWING THE GENERAL FINANCIAL OPERATION AND MANAGEMENT OF EACH STATE DEPARTMENT, INSTITUTION, AGENCY, COMMISSION AND BUREAU.
5. To MAKE SPECIAL EXAMINATION INTO AND ~EPORT OF THE
PLACE AND t-1ANNER IN WH ICII TI1E FUNDS OF THE STATE ARE KEPT BY THE SEVERAL DEPARTMENTS, INSTITUTiONS, AGENCIES, COMMISSIONS AND GUREAUS.

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5. To PERFORf.: IN GEfJER"AL ALL TH I NGS POSS I BLC FOn TIiE INTEREST AND PROTECT ION OF THE\10RTHY VETERAN ;-AND TO COOPEnATE VII TH THE GEORG 1A DE PARTMENTS, THE UN I TED SPAN I SH WAR VETERANS, THE AMER I CAlI lEG I OfJ, THE D I SAOLED AMER I CAN VETERANS OF THE WORLD WAR, THE AMER I CAN RED CROSS, AND ALL OTHER AGENCIES TO THESE ENDS.
C. ARTHUR CHEATHAM DIRECTOR
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DEP/IRnaIT OF BANK ING

OFFICERS

~. E. GornlLEY SUPERINTENDENT OF BANKS

C. G. GOLSMJ

AsSiSTANT SUP=~INT~NDENT OF 8AN~S

C:;E;\TIOrJ ArJD AUTI!')i:ITY: THe DEPARHlENT OF BANI~ING WAS CREATED BY ACT OF LEGISLATURE IN 1919. (ACTS 1919,
P. 130).

~URPOSE: THE ?URPOSE OF THIS DEPARTMENT IS TO AID IN KEEPING IN SAFE AND PROFITABLE CONDITION SUCH BANKS
AS ARE UNDER ITS SUPE~VISION.

ORGi\fllZATlmJ: THE EXECUTIVE OF THIS DEP/,RTMENT IS THE SU?CR INTEfJDENT OF BANKS AND IS APPO INTED FOR FOUR YEAR TERM BY THE GOVERNOR, WITH CONSENT OF SENATE.

T.HE ASSISTANT SUPCRINTENDENT, EXAMINERS, AND CLERI~S ARE APPO I NTED BY THE SUPER 1NTENDENT AND ARE UNDER HIS AUTHORITY, ALL BEING REQUIRED TO MAKE BOND AND
TAKE OATH or OFFICE. THEIR SALAfUES ARE FIXED BY LAW.
(ACTS 1919, P. 141).

ACTIVITIES: THE ACTIVITIES OF THE DEPARTf10JT or BANKING ARE:

1. To EXAMINE BANKS UNDER ITS SUPERVISION AT LEAST n11CE A YEAR, TO ASCE~TAIN CONDITION, RESOURCES, MODE or CONDUCT AND MANAGEMENT, MANNeR OF KEEPING AND CORRECTNESS OF ACCOUNTS, ACTION OF DIRECTORS, INVESTMENT or FUNDS, SAFETY AND PRUDEfJCE OF MANAGEf.1Etn, I F REQUIREMENTS OF CHARTER HAVE BEEN MET AND LAW FULFILLED, tdJD SUCH OTHER MATTERS AS COVERED BY LAW. (ACTS 1919, P. 1-;6).

2. To fMKE ANNUAL REPO:-TS TO THE GOVERNOR WITH SUCH REcor1f,lENDAT IONS ro~ ANY LEG ISLAT ION DEEMED ADV I SAOLE FOR THE BETTER REGULATION OF BANKS.

3. To EXAMINE UNJER OATH ANY PERSON WHOSE TESTIMONY
rlAY DE RE';U IRED, AND TO COMPEL APPEARANCE OF ANYONE FOR
SUCH PURPOSES. (ACTS 1919, P. 146).

4. To COLLECT Fr.OII E,\CH 8MJI( COST OF SEM I-ANNUAL eXM1INATION. THIS DEPARTMENT IS MAINTAINED ENTIRELY FROM SUCII FEESCOLLCCTED FROIl BANKS.

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STATE LIBRARY

I
G.Q.RGJA DIVISION

LIBRARIAN

I
LEGISLATIVE REFERENCE
DIVISION

I
LAW LraRARY DIVISION

I
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PUBLISHING DIVISION

NOTARYS PUBLIC APPOINTING DIVISION

BOOK SALES DIVISION

MILIDRY DEPARTMENT

OFFICERS

JOHN E. STODDARD
PAUL E. CASWELL

ADJUTANT GENERAL ASSISTANT ADJUTANT GENERAL

CREAT ION AND AUTHOR ITY: ART ICLE V, SECT ION I, PARAGRAPH I I OF THE STATE CONSTITUTION PROVIDES THAT THE GOVEr-NOR, BY VIRTUE OF HIS OFFICE, SHALL DE THE Cor1t.IANOER IN CHIEF OF THE ARMY AND NAVY OF THIS STATE,
AND OF THE MIL IT IA THEREOF.

ORGANIZATION: THE STAFF OF THE GOVERNOR CONSISTS
OF ONE ADJUTArJT GENERAL, TO BE APPO I NTED BY mE GOVERN-
OR, WHO S~IALL HAVE T1 RANK OF DR IGAD IER GENERAL j ONE
AID!;.-DE -CAMP WHO SHALL HAVE THE RANK OF COLONEL, AND 50 AIDES-DE-CAMP, WHO SHALL HAVE THE RANK OF LIEUTENANT COLotIEL. IN ADDITION, TIlE GOVERNOR MAY APPOINT AN OF-
FICER \'7ITH THE RANK OF COMMANDER, \V1l0 SHALL BE DESIGNATED AS NAVAL AIDE, TO HOLD OFFICE DURING THE PLEASURE
OF THE GOVERNOR.

THE ADJUTANT GENERAL SHALL BE AT nlE HEAD OF THE MILITARY DEPARTtNT AND SUBORDINATE ONLY TO THE Gov-
ERNOR IN MATTERS PERTAINING TO SAID DEPARTMENT.

ACTIVITIES: THE ADJUTANT GENERf,L SHALL PERFORM SUCH DUTIES AS PERTAIN TO THE OFFICE OF ADJUTANT GENERAL, AS MAY BE PROV IDEO FROM T IME TO T It1r BY LAWS, RULES AND REGULATIONS OF THE UNITED STATES ARMY, MID SUCH DUTIES AS MAY BE DESIGNATED BY THE GOVERNOR.

HE SHALL HAVE SUCH COMMISSIONED ASSISTANTS AND EM?LOYEES AS IN THE DISCRETION OF THE GOVERNOR MAY BE tCESSARY; AND TIY SHALL BE SELECTED AND EMPLOYED BY THE ADJUTANT GENERAL AND PERFORM SUCH DUTIES AS MAY DE REQUIRED OF THEM.

HE SHALL DE THE CUSTODIAN OF ALL MILITARY RECORDS ArJD SHALL KEEP THEM F ILED, INDEXED AND AVA ILADLE rOR READY REFERENCE.

HE SHALL KEEP AN ITEM IZED ACCOUNT or ALL MmlEYS RECEIVED AND DISBURSEO FROM ALL SOURCES, AND SHALL MAKE AN ANNUAL REPORT TO THE GOVERNOR ON THE CONDITION OF THE NATIONAL GUARD, WITH A ROSTER or ALL COMMISSIONED OFFICERS, AND ON SUCH OTHER MATTERS AS HE MAY OEEM EXPEDIENT.

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2. To EXCHANGE REGULA~LY TIE PUBLIC DOCUMENTS OF GEOR-
GIA FOR THOSE' OF OTHER STATES WITH THEIR CONSTITUTED AUTHORITIES.
3. To EXCHANGE THE REPORTS OF THE ApPELL/ITE COURTS 01'"
GEORGIA SIMILARLY.
4. To RECE IVE FRot' THE STATE PR INTER TilE LA\'7S AND
JOURNALS AND TO 11AKE D I STR lOUT I ON THEREOF, T,'.K I 14G ArID FILING RECEIPTS.
5. To PRESERVE TEN (10) COPIES OF ALL REPORTS OF PUB-
LIC OFFICERS IN THE STATE LIGRA/W.
G. To DISTRIOUTE COURT REPORTS AND LAWS AND JOURNALS TO THE OFFICERS OF THE COUfHIES AND COURTS.
7. To DISTRIBUTE LAWS AND JOURNALS TO ORDINARY OF EACH
COUNTY FOR ALL OFFICERS THEREIN ENTITLED TO S,'IIIE.
8. To PRESERVE FIFTY (50) COPIES or HOU~E AND SENATE JOURNALS FOR THREE (3) YEARS, AFTER WHICH TIW:: T\'7ENTY-
FIVE (25) COPIES ONLY NEED TO DE PRESERVED.
9. To GATHER AND flAKE AVAILAOLE SUCH INFOR~""TlorJ AS
SHALL A I D THE I1EMOERS OF THE GENCRAL ASScr"1OLY, MID THE SEVERAL STATE DEPART~ENTS IN THE DISCHARGE OF THEIR DUTIES, AND TO SERVE SUCH OTHER CITIZENS AS MAY DESIRE TO CONSUL T SAME. SA I D DE PARHlENT SHALL COLLECT, ARRAfJGE, CLASS I FY AND INDEX DOOKS, PAr1PHLETS, ArJD onl:::R I1ATER I AL RELATING TO LEGISLATION; SHALL PREPARE ABSTRACTS OF LAWS OF OTHER STATES AND COUNTIES; AND SIMLL HAI~E SUCH INDEXES OF THE LEGISLATIVE AND ADt1INISH~ATIVE RECORUS OF THIS STATE, DOTH CURRENT AND PAST, AS TO MAKE ACCESS
AND REFERENCE TIERETO EASY AND SURE. (ACTS 1914, P. 137. )
10. To APPOINT NOTARIES PUBLIC, STATE-AT-LARGE; TO
PRESERVE CotlPLETE FILES OF PAPERS CONtJECTED THEREWITH; AND TO SET UP AND TO MAINTAIN FULL RECORDS OF SUCH APPOINTMENTS.
ELLA MAY THORNTON STATE LIBRARIAN
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GEORG IA AR~10RY COHH I 5S I ON

OFFICERS

JOHN A. WH fTE T. GUY WOOLFORD DR. C. C. HARROLD
E. R. JERGER
W. H. ARTLEY

CHI'. I Rt1AN

CREATION ArJO AUTHORITY: THE GEORGIA Art.10RY COM--
MISSION, A OODY POLITIC AND CORPORATE, WAS CREATED UNDER ACT 382 OF THE GENERAL ASSEt-1BLY 1937 ~ 1938, EXTRA SESSION PP. 287 - 289, APPROVED FEDRUARY 16, 1938.
SA ID COMM ISS I ON TO OE COMPOSED OF F j VE MEr.mERS APPO I NT" ED DY THE GOVERNOR FOR A TERM OF FOUR YEARS C0l4MENC ItJG JANUARY 1, 1938. MEMBERS TO RECEIVE NO COMPENSATION FOR SERVICES RENDERED EXCEPT NECESSARY EXPENSES INCURrED IN PERFORMING DUTIES PRESCRIOED BY TlilS ACT.

PURPOSE: THE OOJECT OF SAID COMMISSION SHALL DE
TO FOSER AND OUILD AND t1AINTAIN STATE ARMORIES IN THE STATE OF GEORGIA.

prn7ERS: THE COMMISSION SHALL POSSESS ALL THE POWERS OF A OODY CORPORATE NECESSARY TO ACCOt.1PL i SH THE OOJECTS PRESCRIOED HEREIN:

1. To ENTER INTO CONTRACTS AND TO DE CONTRACTED WITH IN ANY MATTERS CONNECTED ~ITH ANY CORPORATE PUR~
POSE DEFINED IN THE ACT.

2. To DORROW 1,10lJEY AND ISSUE DONDS, AND TO PLEDGE ANY AND ALL PROPERTY AND I Ncor'lE OF SA ID Cm~M ISS ION AC" QUIRED OR RECEIVED AS DEFINED IN THE ACT, OUT NOT TO
PLEDGE THE CRED fT OF THE STATE OF GEORG IA OR TO INCUR
ANY LIABILITY AGAINST THE STATE.

3. To SUE AND DE SUED,

4. To ACQUIRE, HOLD AND CONVEY REAL OR PERSONAL PROPERTY DY GIFT OR PURCHASE FOR MILITARY PURPOSES. To SELL ANY SUCH PROPERTY WHEN NO LONGER USEFUL OR NECESSARY.

5. To PURCHASE AND/OR LEASE SITES AND BUILDINGS AND CONSTRUCT OUILDINGS FOR ARMORY AND OTHER MILITARY PURPOSES.

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ORGANIZATION: THE BOARD OF REGENTS IS CO~WOSED OF
15 MEMBERS APPOINTED BY THE GOVERNOR AND CONFIRMED BY
THE SENATE, FIVE FfWM THE STATE' AT LARGE, AND ONE FROM EACH OF THE CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICTS. THE GOVERNOR IS EXOFFICIO MEMBER OF THE BOARD. THE BOARD OF REGENTS ELECTS ONE OF THEIR MEMBERS CHAirMAN. THE BOArD OF REGENTS SHALL ELECT A SECRETARY NOT A f,lEMI3ER OF THE BOARD
THE BOARD OF REGENTS MAY ESTABLISH SUCH RULES AND REGULATIONS FOR THEIR OWN DIRECTION, AS THEY MAY DEEM PROPER; MAY F I X THE TERM OF OFr I CE OF THE I R CIIA I RMAN, THEIR VICE-CHAIRMAN AND THEIR SECRETARY; ArE VESTED WITH ALL THE POWERS, PRIVILEGES, AND RIGHTS VESTED IN FORMER BOARDS OF TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA, AND ALL FORMER BOARDS OF TRUSTEES OR DIRECTORS OF ITS BRANCHES;
AND ARE CHARGED WITH ,ALL THE DUTliS' OBLIGATIONS AND RE'
SPONS/OILITIES INCUMBENT UPON AND OR PERTAINING TO
SAID FORMER BOARDS (ACTS 1931, PAGE 23).
ACTIVITIES: THE BOARD OF REGENTS SHALL HAVE !\UTllOR ITY AND/OR POWER:
(ACTS 1931, PAGE 24)
1. To MAKE SUCH REASONABLE RULES AND REGULAT/ONS AS
ARE NECESSARY FOR PERFORMANCE OF ITS DUTIES.
2. To ELECT OR APPOINT PROFESSORS, EDUCATORS, STEWARDS,
OR ANY OTHER OFFICERS NECESSARY FOR ALL OF THE SCHOOLS IN THE UNIVERSITY SYSTEM, AS MAY BE AUTHORIZED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY, TO DISCONTINUE OR REMOVE THEM AS THE GOOD OF THE SYSTEM OR ANY OF ITS SCHOOLS OR INSTITUTIONS OR STATIONS MAY REQUIRE, AND TO rlx THEIR COMPENSATIONS.
3. To ESTABLISH ALL SUCH SCHOOLS OF LEARNING OR ART AS
MAY BE USEFUL TO THE STATE, AND TO ORGANIZE THE SAME IN THE WAY MOST LIKELY TO ATTAIN THE ENDS DESIRED.
4. To EXERCISE ANY POWER USUALLY GRANTED TO SUCH CORPO RATION, NECESSARY TO ITS USEFULNESS, WHICH IS NOT IN CONFLI CT WITH THE CONST ITUT ION AND LAWS OF THE STATE
(ACTS 1933, PAGE 62)
5. To CONSOL I DATE, SUSPEND, ANDloR 0 I SCO~JT I NUE I NST I TU'
TIONS, MERGE DEPARTMENTS, iNAUGURATE OR DISCONTINUE COURSES, AND AOOLISH OR ADD DEGREES.
6. To READJUST BUDGETS TO THE EXTENT NECESSARY OY THE REALLOCATION OF THE MONIES APPROPRIATED FOR THE INSTITUT I or~s AFFECTED, WHENEVER ANY SUCH MOD I F I CAT IONS, CHANGES, CONSOLIDATIONS OR SUSPENSiONS ARE PUT INTO EFFECT.
7, To RENAr!'E I tJST I TUT IONS, WHERE S I 111 LAR ITY I N NAMES AMONG THE SEVERAL I NST ITUT IONS GIVES F.ig~ TO CONFUS I ON.
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DEPARTr.j[JJT OF rUOL IC SAFETY

OFFICERS

L. E. SU~_L1 VAN
CAPT. RODERT G. M~yO
!,l,\Jor PH fl A. [3REI1STEr.

W. L,:UT.

D. VEAL

Conn I SS IOW::R TREASURER COMMANDING OFFICER,
UNIFORM DIVISION ADJUT.\NT

DEPARTMErn MCMDERS

E. GOVERNOR

D. RIVERS

JUDGE J. G.JONES
VI. [3. HARR' SON
H. L. PADGETT

W. L. r,1lllER

CIlA I RI.1AN VICE CHAIRMAN
COMPTROllER GENERAL REPRESENTATIVE PEACE OFFICERS
ASSOCIATION CHAIRMAN HIG~WAY BOARD

CREATION AND AUTI10RITY: THE DEPMmlCtJT OF PUEJllC
SAFETY VIAS CREt,TED AS A PART OF THE EXECUT I VE GRANCI{ OF THE STATE OF GEORG I A ElY THE GENER,~l !iSSEf~BLY APPRO-
VED MARCH 19, 1937. (ACT No. 220, 1937, P. 322.)

PURPOSE: THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLI C SAFETY VIAS CRE-
'ATED TO PROV I DE A UN I FORr.l DI V I S I ON TO DE KNOWN AS THE
"GEORGIA STATE PATROL", AND TO HAVE FULL CONTROL OF,
AND I1AI<E RCGULAT IONS FOR TH IS P,UROL, TO PROV I DE A D1-
VISION OF CRIMINAL IDENTIFICATION, DETECTION, PREVENTION, AND INVESTIGATION, AND TO PROVIDE A DIVISION TO ADM I II I STEr THE PROPER II CENS I NG OF OPERATORS AND CHAUFFEURS OF MOTOR VEHICLES.
ORGAN I ZAT ION: THE DEPARH1ENT SHALL BE COMPOSED
OF THE GOVERNOR OF GEORG I A AS CIJA I RllAI, , THE CHA I RIMN OF THE REVENUE COi;l.lISSION, TilE CHAIRMAN OF THE HIGHWAY BOARD, THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE STATE OF GEORGIA, AND ONE MEMBER TO BE SELECTED BY THE GOVERNOR FROM A liST OF TEN NOMINATIONS MADE BY THE GEORGIA PEACE OFFICERS ASSOCIATION.
THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBL IC SAFETY /,S H[f~E IN CREATED SHALL APPO I NT A PERSON TO BE KNOWN AS THE "Cm,IM ISS lONER OF PUGLIC SAFETY OF GEORGIA", WHO SllALl DC THE HIGHEST RANKING OFFICER IN THE UNIFORM DIVISION OF THE GEORGIA STATE PATrWl, <fiND WHO SHALL UNDER TilE DIRECTION OF THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBll C St,FETY EXERC I SE SUPCRV I 5 I OfJ Arm CONTROL OVEn All THE DIVISIONS AND EMPLOYEES Of THE DEPARHIENT OF PUOL I C SAFETY.

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6. To tlAKE ALLOTHEtJT or TII,IE TO TilE DCPM~TMCtlT or PUO-
LIC HEALHI Far. PUP-POSE OF II.IPP-OVING THE DcrAP-TMEIJT .\ND
THE PUBLIC HEALTH OF STATE.

7. To t..l/1I(E ALLOH-IENT OF T I ME TO DEPARH1Cfn OF EDUCA-
TION FOR THE PURPOSE or ADVANCING AND I~PROVING EDUC~ TION OF STATE.

8. To ALLOT T I ME TO ANY LA\'! OIFORCEI,IENT AGENCY rOR T!lE
PURPOSE OF DETECT I ON AND prEVE liT I ON OF CR I ME, MID ror< APPREHENSION or CRIMINALS.

9. To ALLOT TIME TO HIGH'NAY DEPARn.:ENT TO DE USED IfI
OROADCAST I NG I NFORfMT I ON IN Rf:Gf.P-D TO HI GH\'1AYS or STATE, AND FOR TIE PROMOTION or SAFETY.
10. To ALLOT T I ME TO ANY I tlST I TUT I mJ rOR BROADCAST I NG
I tIFORW, T I ON PERTA 1111 NG TO SC I [NT I ric m:SCARCII, f.ICD I CAL TREATMENT, OR HEi",L Til I IIPROVEfJ,EtJT.

11. To USE TIME FOR ADV:::RTISING THE P-ESOURCES AND AS-
SETS OF GEOrGIA.

12. To PURCHASE AND ACQUIRE ADDITIONAL STATIONS.

13. To tJEGOT I,HE LEASES MJD CONTR:,CTS, THROUGH WII I CII IT
MAY ACQUIRE rUNDS.

14. To SUDMIT TO STATE LEGISLATURe RepORT or ITS ACTI-
VITIES f.ND FINANCIAL STATEMEtlT, WITH SUCII REcor,mCtJDATIONS AS SEEM EXPEDIENT.

E. D. GoveRNOR

RIVERS

CHA I molArI

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G. To FUr~JISH THE SHEriFF OF T!jE COUNTY OF PESIDENCE
OF EACII L I CEflSEE \'11 Tii Ml EXACT COPY OF EACH APPL I CAT ION. PROV IDEO, Ilm'IEVER, TH,n UPOfJ THE RE~UEST OF TljE ~AYOR OF AN INCORPORATED CITY OF THIS STATE, TI~ COM-
f' I 5S I DNER 511ALL SEND ,\ COpy or THE APPL I CAT I DrJ OF ALL RESIDENTS OF SUCH CITY TO TI~ SAID MAyan OR A DEPARTr.1Efn OF TilE CIT'/ GOVERNI:1E~JT TO DE DESiGfIAT::D DY HIM If~STE,\D OF TO TifE :,HER I FF

7. To PUr:CIl/,SE r,lOTOr: AND OTHER EQUI PMENT OF TilE DE-
PAPTMEtn MJD 0 I V I S I DNS THEPEOF.

8. To PROVIDE l[CTUR~S AND DEMONSTRATIONS ~ElATING TO
PUDLIC SAFETY IN TilE PUOLIC SCHOOLS OF THIS STi\TE.

9. To PROVIDE A HEARING FOr. ONE I'JlJO IL~S DEEN DENIED A
LICErJSE, OR \'7:IOSE LICENSE HAS OEEN SUSPENDED OR REVOI:ED.

10. To ACCEPT GIrTS or PROPEPTY, ECUIPMEfJT or. SERVICES

Mm If I TI;E fIAt!E

IN DEHALr OF TI!E ST:.'E OF GEORGI,II WHICH

fl,\\' DE DOfli\TCD ror~ USE OF SUCH DEPArTr.H::rn OR 0 I V I S ION

TllErEor.

THC OUT I ES or THE Co~,r.l I SS lONE" OF PUOL I C SAFETY
M~E SPEC I F I C I N NATurE, COVEr' I NG TilE corn rWL AND flANAGOIENT OF E.\CH DIVISION OF TilE DEPI\r:n~ENT, VIHOSE ACTI-
VITICS I,RC FULLY DESCRIOED IfJ TIlE ACT.

l . E. SUL L I V AN
Corlf~ I SS I OrJ=r~

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ACTIVITIES: THE OOMW IS AUTII0212ED I,ND 01Po\'lERED:

1. To ~CCEPT EMERGENCY FUND GRANTS FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERtH1ENT OR FROI,l THE STATE GOVERNI'.lEtJT, OR BY GIFTS
FHOH I ND IV IDUl\LS ;

AND ITS FUNCTIONS AND DUTIES ARE:

2. To l'1AI(E SURVEYS, PREP,i\RE t1APS, AND PUBL ISH I NFORtt\TION or~ L!lt1D USE AND CLASSIFIC(-TION \'11TH A VIE\'] TO THE DETEf<fllNATION AMONG OTHER THINGS OF AREAS SUITABLE FOR:

IIELD CROPS REFOrESTATION RECREATION WATERSHED PROTECTION INDUSTRIAL AND URBAN EXPANSION POPULATION DISTRIBUTION AND DECENTRALIZATION SCljOOLS AND OTHER EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS PARI(V1AYS
IjIGHW/,YS (IN THEIR RELATION TO I,LL DEVELopr1ENT, RURAL AND URDAN)
\'f,'lE R SUPPLY DRAINAGE AND SEWERAGE Bu I LD I t~GS ArJD HOUS ING COND IT IONS REAL PROPERTY INVENTORIES
CONTROL or LAND SUDDIVISION
T,\X tl,\PS
LONG RANGE FINANCIAL PROGRAMS

AND OTHER SUBJECTS AFFECT ItJG HEALTH AND WELFARE OF THE PEOPLE OF TI STATE, AS THE CO'ft1ISSION MAY DETERMINE.

3. To MAKE A BROAD STUDY OF MATTERS RELATING TO THE

PHYSICAL SOCIAL (AND) ECONOMIC

DEVELOPMENT OF TIE RESOURCES IN GEORGIA, IN SO FAR AS THEY MAY BE PROPERLY DIRECTED OR INFLUENCED BY A STATE AGENCY.
4. To PREPM,E AND PERFECT PLM~S FOR THE PllYSICAL DEVELOPMENT OF TI~ STATE A~D -
To ADVISE AND COORDINATE WITH TIlE VARIOUS DEPART-
MENTS AND AGENCI~S FOn:

HIGHWAYS P,\RKWAYS

AIRWAYS AND AIR TERMINALS PARKS AND OTHER R~CREATION AREAS

FOREST RESERVATIONS WATER SUPPLY RESERVATIONS

MJD OTHER USES TIIAT ARE RELATED TO PLANS FOR AlJ ORDERED AfJD COI.1PREHENS IVE DEVELopr1ENT or THE STATE.

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VETERANS SERVICE OFFICE

OFFICERS

C. ARTHUr. C.~ATHAM

DIRECTOR

J. C. C. BLOODWORTH, Jr.. ASSISTANT DIRECTOR

CREATION AND l\UTflORITY: THE VETERANS SERVICE Bu-
REAU WAS CREATED BY ACT. ~O. 488 OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY.
(ACTS 1923, P. 121.) IN 1926 THE NAME WAS CHANGED TO THE VCTEnANS SERV ICE OFF ICEo (ACT tJo. 30, EXTRA SESS I ON. ) IN 1931 THE POWERS, DUTIES AND FUNCTIONS OF THE OFFICE
OF COMM I5S 100lER or PENS IONS WERE TRANSFERRED TO THE
VETERANS SERVICE OFFICE. (ACTS 1931, PP. 7-10.)
ORGANIZATION: THE AFFAIRS OF HIE VCTERANS SERVICE OFFICE ARE SUPERVISED BY A DIRECTOR. THE DIRECTOR IS APPOINTED BY THE GOVERNOR, BY AND WITH THE ADVICE AND carlSENT or THE SENATE, FOR A TERM OF TWO YEARS. THE
TEr~M Of" THE 0 I RECTOR SHALL BEG I N AND END AT THE SAME
TillE AS DO THOSE OF THE GOVEnNOR AND ALL STATEHOUSE OFFICERS. THE DIRECTOR IS AUTHORIZED TO PROVIDE THE DEPArn'lENT \' I TH SUCH ASS I STANTS AND CLER ICAL HELP AS THE APPROPRIATION rOR SUPPORT OF SAME MAY AUTHORIZE. THE DIRECT;R HAS THr~EE ASS I STANT DI RECTORS TO CARRY OUT THE NECESSARY DUTIES OF THE DEPAP.T~ENT.
ACTIVITIES: IT SIIALL DE THE OUTY OF THE DIRECTOR:
1. To DISSEMINATE INFORMATION TO VET:RANS OF THE WAR
WITH SPAIN, THE WORLD WAR, AND TO VETERANS OF ANY WAR,
MILITARY OCCUPATION, OR MILITARY EXPEDITION SINCE 1897,
THEIR DEPENOENTS AND BENEFICIARIES, AS TO THEIR RIGHTS . AND BEtFITS UNDER FEDERAL LEGISLATION or THIS OR ANY
OTHEn STATE HERETOFORE OR HEREArTER ENACTED;
2. To ASSIST SAID VETERANS, THEIR DEPENDENTS, AND
BENEFICIARIES IN THE PREPARATION AND PROSECUTION OF CLAIMS BEFORE TfE APPROPRIATE GOVERNMENTAL DEPART~NTS;
3. To REPORT ALL EVIDENCES OF FRAUD, DECEIT, AND UN-
WORTHY CLA I1,1S COlli NG OR BROUGIIT TO HIS ATTE NT ION TO THE DEPJlRT~ENT CONCERNED;
4. To REPORT ALL EVIDENCES OF INCOMPETENCY, DISHONESTY AND NEGLECT or DUTY or AND BY EMPLOYEES or ANY GOVERNMENTAL DEPARTMENT TO THE PROPER AUTHOR lTV;

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SHITE LIBRARY COMrA I5S I ON

OFFICIALS

MISS ELLA MAY THORNTON 1'iRS. HAm~ TEr.1PLE
r,1RS. JAMES Y. S"'1 FT
MRS. L. L. PATTEN MISS OEVERLY ~HEATCROFT

EX-OFFIC,O CHili RtlAtJ
EXECUTIVE SECRETARY

CPEATIOrJ: THE STATE LIORi\fW COr,iMISSION WAS CREAT-
CD DY ACT No. 295 OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF 1897, Ac,s1897 ,'.93). TH[ ACT WAS AfIENDED IN 1919, PP.
36, 07) TO ALLO\'1 FOUR t'lEMOERS TO BE IIPPO I NTED BY TilE GOVErNOR ~ITH TilE STIITE LIDRARIAN EX-OFFICIO MEMBER, INSTEAD OF FIVE MEMDERS APPOINTED BY THE GOVERNOR, AS
::>f;CVIOUSLY.

"'UPPOSE: AN ,\CT TO PRot,10TE THE CSTADLlsm,lEtJT AND [FrICIE!JCY OF LI8RARIES IN THE STATE OF GEORGIA.
O::GN'JIZATIO~J: THE STATE LIBRARY Cot.ltt,ISSIOrJ IS CO~POSED OF riVE MEMBERS, FOUR APPOINTED BY THE GOVERNOR, AND THE STATE LIBRARIAN EX-OFFICIO. THE LIDRARY COWl rSS ION ELECTS A CHA IRMAtI FRm1 THE t.1EMBERS, AND A SECRETARY NOT A MEMBER OF THE COMI~ ISS ION.
ACTIVITIES: THE DUTIES OF THE STATE LIBRARY COM~ lilSSION ARE:

1. To GIVE IIDVICE AND COUNSEL TO ALL LIBRIIRIES AND TO ALL Cotlf1UNITIES WHICH tlAY PROPOSE TO ESTABLISH THEM.

2. To CONDUCT II SYSTEM OF TRAVELING LIBRARIES AND CIRCULATE SUCH LIBRARIES WITHIN THIS STATE AMONG COMMUNITIES AND INSTITUTIONS, FREE OF COST EXCEPT FOR TRANSPORTATION.

3. To PURCHASE AND ACCEPT GIFTS OF DOOKS, PERIODICALS
liND TRAVELING LIBRARIES.
(MISS) BEVERLY ~HEATCROFT SECRET/,RY

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ACTIVITIES: IN ADDITION TO THE DurlES MW PO\"1Er,S HEREINAFTER CONFERRED UPON THE STATE SOil CONSERVATION CmH~ITTEE, IT SHAll IMVE THE FOLLOWING DUTIES AND POWErs:
1. To OFFEf1 I,SUCH t,SS I ST /It~CE AS 11A'( De APPROPR I ,He TO
THE SUPERV I SOr,S OF SO I l COfJSerV,\T ION 0 I STr I CTS, ORGAfJI ZI,D AS PROV IDEO HERE I NAFTEr, I N THE c,\Rry I NG OUT Or ANY OF THE I R POWERS MID PROGRMIS.
2. To I:EEP THE SUPERVISORS OF E,\CfI OF THE SEVEr.AL DIS-
TRICTS ORGANIZED UNDEr. THE PROVISIONS OF THIS ACT INFOfH1ED OF THE ACT I V I Ties ArJD EXPER I ENCE OF ALL OTHer DISTRICTS ORGANIZED HeREUtJDER, AlJD TO r,\CllITATE AN I NTeRCHANGE OF ADV I CE /ltJD EXPEn I [NCE DETVIEEN SUCH 0 I STR I CTS AND COOPEf1f,T I ON DEHIEefl THEn.
3. To COORDINATE TI~ PROGRAMS Or THE SEveRAL SOil CON-
SERVATION DISTRICTS OrGANIZED HEf:EUtJDEr SO FAR ,\S THIS t'lNf DE DONE GY ADV I CE AND COtlSUL T AT I ON.
4. To SECURE THE COOPERATION AND ASSISTANCE OF THE
UNITED STATES AND ANY OF ITS AGENCIES, AND or AGENCIES AND COUNT I ES or TH I S STATE, ItJ THE '!10m: or SUCH D I STRICTS.
5. To DISSOllrJATE INFORf,MTION TIIROUGHO,UT nrE ST,HE
CONCERN I NG THE f,CT I V I TIES t,ND PROGR/It,lS or THE SO I L CONSERVAT I ON D I STR I CTS ORGAtJ I ZED HEREUf.JDER, !ND TO ENCOURAGE THE FORMAT ION or SUCII 0 I STR I CTS 1N AREAS VJflERE THE I R ORGAN I ZAT I ON I S DES I RADLE.
GOVERNOR E. D. ~IVEr.S
CHAIRMAN
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STATE LIGRARY

OFFICIALS

ELI.,\ i1AY THOfHHON
VF::r.A JAMESON
i!ArCr\r!:T ;'1. GI 005

STATE LIDRARIAN ASSISTANT LIBRARIAN LEGISLATIVE REFERENCE LIDRARIAN

CREATion: THE FIRST LEGISLATIVE ACTION RELATIVE TO THE STATE LIORARV 'tl/IS A RESOLUTION OF DECEI-!OER 26,
10::1, ,\G"C[ I NC TO THE rrOPOSED [STAOL I SHMENT (ACTS 1831, P. 2(0): THE FIRST LIORARIAN WAS APPOINTED UNDER AUTIIor ITY or THE ACT OF DECEl40ER 17, 1847 (ACTS 1847, P. 214). THE STATE LIDRArlMI IS APPOINTED OY THE GOVERNOR
MJD cor'lF I RtlED OY THC SENATE FOR FOUR YEAR TERMS (ACTS
1080, P. 69); LEGISLATIVE rEFERENCE DEPARTMENT TO DE
CONDUCTED UNDER THE DIRECTION OF THE STATE LIORARIAN
AUTllor,IZED FRml ,'\UGUST 12,1914 (ACTS 1914, P. 137);
NOTARIES rUOLIC, STATE-AT-LARGE, DY APPOINTMENT OF THE
STATE LIORARIAN, AUTHORIZED FROM AUGUST 21, 1936 (ACTS
1916, r: 137).
mG;\i~I=!\TIOtJ: THE AFFAIRS OF THE STATE LI8r-,~RY ARE UNDEr. THE D I r.ECT SUPERV I S I ON OF THE STATE L ISRAR' ,\N. THE STATE LIORARIAN HAS AS ASSISTANTS AN ASSISTANT LIOr:M~ I/,rl MID A SECOND ASS I STANT L I DRAR I AN I~NOWN AS THE LeCISLATlve RFEREtlce LIOr.APIAN AtJD, UNDER fJORIML CONDITIOfIS, T':10 OTI1ER ':10RI:ERS. FOR ADHINISTRATIVE PURrOSES THE STATe LIDRARY HAS SIX DIVISIONS, IJM1ELY: LAW LIORARY DIVISION, LEGISLATIVE REFErENCE DIVISION, GEORGIA DIVISION, PUCLISI!ING DIVISION, DOOK SALES DIVISION,
AND NOTARY PUDLIC DIVISION.

ACTIVITIES: THE CREATING ACT, UPON Or-OAD LINES, IS FLEXIBLE AND HAS peRMITTED THE WORK TO DEVELOP LOGICALlY AS L IBRAPY FUNCT IONS GENERALLY HAVE GPO\'/N. THROUGH COORDINATION AND COOPERATION WITH LIORARIES OF EVERY TYPE IN THE STATE, TIE STATE LIBRARY CONCENTRATES UPON THOSE SERV ICES WII I CH ARE PERFORf,1ED I N NO OTHER L I ORAf~Y or: WHICH BECAUSE OF THEIR NATURE, CAN DE OEST OFFEReD THROUGH THE STATE LIBRARY COLLECTION. LEGISLATIVE ACTS, IN ADDITION TO THE ORIGINAL ACT HAVE, FROM TIME TO TIME, speCIFICALLY NAt,lED EXTRA DUTIES. THEY MAY DE DESCRIBED AS DUTIES OF TilE LIORARIAN AS A PUBLIC OFFICEr:, RATHER THAN AS A L I DRAR I AN , TIlE OFF I CE Be I NG OF DUAL NATURE. THESE SPECIALLY DeFINED DUTIES ARE:

1. To PRESEfWE, KEEP IN ormER AND PROTECT THE L I Dr.ARY;
TO KEEP T HE SAME OPEN FOR I NSPECT I ON AND use OF ALL CIT I ZEfJS OF THE ST,qE; AND TO DISCHARGE SUCH OTHER DUTIES IN CONNECTION WITH TIE LIOr:ARY AS MAY DE REQUIRED or HIE L I DRAR I AN OY LAW OR OY THE GOVERNOR.

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To prOVIDe THc\T 110USltlG AUTHORITies, THEIR prOPERTY MlO seCUR I TIES SIIALL oe eXEr1PT FROll TAXAT lorl AllO IISSESSMOlT, OUT TO ,',UTHORIZE CERTAII~ P/WI.1ENTS IN LIEU OF TAX-
AND TO CONFEr [(EMED I ES all OOL I GEES OF HOUS I NG AUTliORITles.
mGAiJiZATIOiJ: THEfCE IS HCf:EOY CRC/.TED /I ST,HE Hous I NG AUTHor I TY CO/doW CONS I ST I NG OF FIVE t,lEI.l0Ers, TO
~ITH: TljE STATE TPE,\SUREr, STATE SCHOOL Sur:RltITEfWEln,
ECRETM,'( or ST t,T:::, CH.-\ I RI1AN OF TilE $T I\TE PL/\fltll tlG
130,\[:0 AND THE GOVERnOR ,~S AN C;<-OFF I C I a flEMoer. !\CTIVITIES: THE STATE HOUSING AUTHORITY GOArD
SHALL OE Et1PO"IEfCED:
1. To PRESCRIDE THE MANNER IN WHICH AUTfmRITIES IN
1,1Ui'J I C I PAL I TIES OR CoutJTl ES SIIALL PRESE lIT RESOLUT I otJS REGARD I NG, AlJD ANALYSES OF PROJECTS TO BC UtlOCRTAI~Erl.
2. To HAVE AUTHORITY TO IWPROVE SUCH AFORESAID PRO-
JECTS.
3. To HAVE TIlE RIGHT or ReFUSAL AtlO THE ULTIf.lt,T[ PO'.'7ER
TO VETO ANY ACT OR PROJECT OF ANY PUDLIC OODY OR LOCAL HOUSING AUTI~RITY OOARD, AS DEFINED IN THE ACT.
THE POWCRS OF LOCAL HOUS I tJG AUTHOR I TV DOM1DS ARE DEc,IGNATED I N FULL I N THE ACT, AND INCLUDE nlE PO'.?ER TO INITIATE, EFFeCTUATE AND PErPETUATE THE PURPOSES AND PROV I S IONS OF TH I S ACT \'11 TH I N THE I r AREAS OF OPER!,T I 0115 FROM THE STANDPO I NTS OF ANALYS IS, EtlPLOY;JEtJT OF PERsO/mEL, PREPARATION 0, PL.,t):, LJOtJDING, PROPEr:TY PURCI!ASE, ZONING, SI\NITATIOfl,BUILDING MJD OUILDltJG LAWS, fl0f::TGAGI tJG, EtlFOP.CEllEtH 0:- r,W:1ENT, ,\CCEPTMJCE OF FEDE[(AL GRMJTS, P.EtJTALS MID LE,\SCS, COLLECT ION OF rEtlTS AND I1EVEtJUES, AND OTHERVJ I SE CArRY OUT THESE HOUS I NG PROJECTS.
GEOP.GE 8. HAMILTON
ellA I P.MAfJ
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or GOARD

REGEilTS

OFFICERS

riAl11 ON Sr.ll Til
CASON J. CALLAWAY
S. V. SMJrORD
L. ~. SieBERT
Vi. Vi. NOYES

CUA llUCAN
VI CE CIIA I RMAN CHAiJCELLOR SCCI1E:T,\RY TrEAsurEr

DISTr.ICT

TERM EXPIRES

Ex D. OFFICIO--------E.

RIVERS--DURING TERM AS GOVERNOR

STATE AT LAI1GC----riARION SrllTII----------CONCUI1RENT WITH

TERM OF GOVERNOR

D. STATE AT LARGE----L.

RODERT, JR.--------JuLY 1, 1942

SnTE AT LARGE----T. JACI~ LANCE------------JuLY 1, 1942

STATE AT L\RGE----J. I\rwx GHOLSTON---------JULY 1, 1940

STATC AT LARGC----GEORGE HAINS-------------JULY 1, 1940

rIRST-~-----------JoHNG. KENNEDY----------JuLY 1, 1939

D. SECOND------------J.

GArDNER------------JuLY 1, 1941

THIRD-------------GEORGE C. \'JOODRUFF-------JULY 1, 1943

r:JURTH------------C,"lSON J. CALLOV1AY--------JULY 1, 1941 IIFTH-------------CLArl; HOWELL-------------JULY 1, 1943

SIXTll-------------ii1ILLER S. CELL-----------JuLY 1, 1941

SEVEJJTI-I-----------DR. tiArvlN TWIGGS--------JULY 1, 1941 EIGIITH------------JOHN VI. GENNETT, JR.-----JULY 1, 1943

rJIIlTH-------------SANDY GEAVER-------------JULY 1, 1939 Tcrm~-------------ADIT t~ I x-----------------JULY 1, 1943

CREATIOtJ AND AUTHORITY: THE DEPARH1Ern KNOWN AS

"GOARD OF REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY SYSTEM OF GEORGIA"
WAS CREATED BY ACT No. 298 OF THE GENERAL ASSEMDLY 1931,

(PAGES 7 AND 20) AND VIAS A CORPORATION HERETOFORE [STA8-

L I SHED ."lND EX I ST I NG UNDER THE NAME AND STYLE, "TRUSTEES

OF THE UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA". THE LEGISLATURE OF 1937

tJo. 463 Ar1ENDED THE ADOVE ACT TO I NCREASE THE flEt.U3ERS OF

TIrE DOARD FRat,1 11 TO 15.

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PURPOSE: To M~NAGE AND GOVERN THE UNIVERSITY OF GEORG I A AlJD ALL ITS DRANCHES, AND TO ASSUf1E THE PO';/ERS, RIGHTS, PRIVILEGES AND DUTIES ORIGINALLY CONFERRED UPON
AND EXERCISED 8Y THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY or GEORGIA.

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4. THE STATE BOARD OF PefJAL ADflIIJISTR,\TION SIIALL
MAKE AN ANNUAL REPORT OF ITS ACTS AIID DOINGS TO THE
GOVERNOR WHO SHALL TRANSI,'.I T SM1E TO THE GENERAL ASSn1DLY.
5. I TIS PROV IDEO Tllt,T S,\ I D OO,\RD SHI\LL NOT seT
UI-' OR OPErATE ANY [JUSfNESS, WHETHER INDUSTriAL OR AGRICULTURAL, FOR SALE OF priSON-MADE PRODUCTS TO TIE PUOLIC IN COflPETITION TO priVATE INDUSTRY 0:; AGRICULTUP./,L ACT I V I TIES, EXCEPT FOR THE fleEDS OF THe ST/',TE, ArlO Tile
LAGOr THERE ItJ SHALL DE PR I i,lAR I LV PR I SON LADOR. I II TilE
MANUFACTURING OF PRODUCTS NO FREE LABOR SHALL DE EMPLOYED EXCEPT AS FOREMEN, ELeCTRICIANS AND NeCESSARY PROFESS I ONAL EllPLOYEES.
A. C. 8LALOCI~
CHAIRMAN
A. M. ANDErSOfJ
STATe: DIRECTOR
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vms UN ITS IN THE U~J I

ITY SYSTEM

LOCATION

INSTITUTION

7 PRESIDEilT, Dt.,!',n
AND OR DI ~~CCTOR

1, ALBANY-------GEORGIA NORMAL AND--------J. W. HOli..E"

AGriCULTURAL COLLEGE

PRESIDENT

2. AMER Icus-----GEORG I A SOUTHWESTERN------PEYTON Jr,COG

COLLEGE

Pr.ES I DctJT

W. 3. ATHENS-------THE UNIVEr.SITY of---HARMON

CALDWELL

GEORG I A

PRES I DENT

4. ATLANT~-----GEORGIASCHOOL OF-------M. L. Br.ITTAIN

TECHNOLOGY

PRES I DENT

M. 5. ATLANTA------ATLANTA EXTENSION-----GEORGE

SPARKS

CENTER

D I RECTOr.

6. AUGUSTA------UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA-G. LOMBARD KELLY

Sc HOOL OF r,lE DICINE

DEAN

7. CM-:r.OLLTON--V1EST GEORGIA COLLEGE------I. S. INGRAM

PRESIDENT
8. COCHR,\N------MIDDLE GEORGiA COLLEGEL. H. BROWNING

PRES IDErn

9. DAHLONEGA----NoRTH GEORGiA COLLEGE-----J C, ROGERS

PRESiDENT 10. DOUGLAS------SOUTI~ GEORGIA COLLEGE-----J, M. THr.ASH

PRESIDENT

11. EXPERIMENT---GEORGjA EXPERIMENT-------H. P. STUCKEY

STAT I ON

D I RECTOR

12 FORSYTH------STATE TEACHERS AND-------\'} fil. HUBBARD

AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE

PRESIDENT

13, MILLEDGE-----GEORGIA STATE COLLEGE-----GUY H. WELLS

V I LLE

FOR War,fEN

PRES I DENT

14. SAVANNAH-----GEORGIA STA~E COLLEGE--GENJ. F. HUGERT

PRESIDENT
15. STATESOORO---SOUTH GEORGIA TEACHERs.. -M. S. PITTMAN

COLLEGE

Pr.ES I DENT

16. TIFTON-------A13RAHAM GALDVlIN AGRI ---GEORGE H. KING

CULTURAL COLLEGE

PRESIDENT

17. TfFTON-------COASTAL PLAIN EXPERI-------S. H STARR

MENT STATION

DIRECTOR

18. VALDOSTA-----GEORGIA STATE WOMANS----FRANK R, READE

COLLEGE

PRES IDENT

S. V. SANFOr.D CHANCELLOR OF THE UN IVER'"
SITY SYSTEM OF GEORGIA
r,1M~ I DrJ Stt, I TH
CHA I RflAN OF THE GOARD OF REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY SYSTEM OF GEORGIA
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8. To DETERMINE THE QUALIFICATIONS AND MORAL FITNESS
OF APPLICANTS, TO EXAMINE THEM, AND, IF SATISFACTORY TO ISSUE TO THE APPLICANT A CERTIFICATE TO ENGAGE AS A GENERAL HIGHWAY AND STREET CONTRACTOR IN THE STATE, WHICH CERTIFICATE IS FOR ONE CALENDAR YEAR AND MAY BE CLASSIFIED AND LIMITED BY THE BOARD.
9. To REVOKE CERTIFICATES OF LICENSE; 10. To RECE IVE COMPLA INTS Arm HOLD HEAR INGS OF CHARGES
WITHIN THREE MONTHS AFTER THE DATE ON WHICH SUCH CHARGES WERE PREFERRED, UNLESS SUCH CHARGES ARE DISMISSED AS UNFOUNDED AND TR IVIAL \V ITHOUT HEAR ING BY THE BOARD;
11. To RE-ISSUE LICENSES IF THREE MEMDERS OF THE BOARD
VOTE IN FAVOR OF SUCH RE-ISSUANCE FOR REASONS THE BOARD MAY DEEM SUFFICIENT;
12. To MAKE MONTHLY REPORT FRO"! NlD AFTER THE PASSAGE
OF TH IS ACT TI~OUGH ITS SECRETARY TO THE STATE FOR ALL CONTRACTS, \'1HI CH HAVE BEEN LET AND COME TO THE NOT ICE OF THE BOARD'S SECRETARY, \'7HERE THE ESTIMATED COST OF
SAID WORr::: SHALL EXCEED AN AMOUNT IN THE SUM OF $15,000. W. F. SCOTT
CHAIRMAN.
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GEO~GIA RADIO COMMISSIGtJ

OFFiCERS

GOVERNOR E. D. RIVERS
DR. M. L. BRITTAIN
CHARLES S. REID
CLARK HO\1ELL, JR.
JOlIN G. Sp IVEY
ROY V. IIARRIS
L. \7. (CHIP) ROBErT

CHAIRMAN

CREA.TION AND /~UTI-!ORITY: THE RADIO COM~IISSION WAS CREATED BY ACT No. 477 OF THE GEORGIA LEGISLATURE OF
1937. (ACTS 1937, P. 371).

PURPOSE: THE PURPOSE BF THE RAD I0 COW~ ISS ION IS TO IMPROVE AND DLVELOP TilE EORG IA RAD I0 BRO!;OC7',ST ING STAT ION Y7CST, OWNED 8Y THE STATE, AT GEORGIA SCHOOL OF TECHNOLOGY, AND TO PROVIDE FOR ADVERTISING THE NATURAL RESOURCES AND OTHER ASSETS OF THE STATE, AND FOR BROADCASTING AGRICULTURAL, SCIENTIFIC AND MEDICAL INFORMATION.
ORGANIZATION: THE ~ADIO CmlMlsSION SIIALL CONSIST OF SEVEN MEMDERS, COMPOSED OF GOVERNOR OF STATE, PRESIDENT OF SEN,HE, SPEAKER OF HOUSE, PPESIDENT OF GEORGIA SCHOOL OF TECIINOLOGY, AND THREE OTHERS APPOINTED BY THE GOVERiJOR. THE TERM OF GOVERNOR, PRESIDENT OF SENATE, AND SPEAKER OF HOUSE TO LAST THROUGH THEIR TERM OF OFFiCE, AND THREE" .COMMISSIONERS SHALL DE NAMED BY THE GOVERNOR FOR A rOUR YEAR PERIOD.

ACTIVITIES:

1. To MANAGE, IMPROVE, DEVElop AND OPERATE BROADCAST-
ING STATIONS OWNED BY THE STATE.

2. To NEGOTIATE WITH SUCH AUTHORITIES NECESSARY, FOR
TI~E PURPOSE OF SECUR ING RIGHTS, POWERS AND PR IVILEGES
FOR I NCR['~S I NG THE PO\'IER AND EFF IC IENCY OF BROADCAST I NG STATIONS WITHIN THE MEANS AVAILABLE.

3. To RECEIVE DONATIONS AND GRANTS, AND TO ACCEPT
GOVERNMENT FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE.

4. To EXPEND tlON IES AVA ILADLE FOR THE DEVELOPflENT OF SAID STATIONS.

5. To MAKE AI.LOTMENT OF T IME FOR BROADCAST ING FAR~l, AGP-I CULTURAL AND t!;ARKET INFOP-MAT ION FOR DEPARTMENT OF
AGRICUt.TUP.E.

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ACTIVITIES: THE DUTIES OF THE OOArD SHALL DE:
1. To DEFINE MILK.
2. To REGULATE THE DISTRIBUTION AND SALE THEREOF. 3. To PROVIDE FOR THE APPOINTMENT or II DIRECTOR or
MILt:: CONTROL.
4. To CREATE A MILK CONTROL FUND, AND PROVIDE FOR ITS EXPENDITURES IN THE ENFORCEMENT OF THIS ACT.
5. To FIX PRICES OF MILK.
6. To DEFINE CONSUMERS AND TO PROVIDE FOR TfM AN ADEQUATE SUPPLY OF WHOLESALE MILK.
7. To DEFINE PRODUCERS, PRODUCER-DISTRI3UTORS, DIS-
TRIBUTORS, AND MILK STORES, AND PROVIDE FOR TIEIR LICENSING, THE FEES PAYABLE THEREUNDER, AND THE REVOCATION OF SUCH LICENSES.
8. To PROVIDE PENALTIES FOR VIOLATION OF THIS ACT.
9. To PROVIDE HOW AND IN WHICH LOCALITIES THIS ACT
SHALL BE EFFECTIVE.
10. To HAVE ACCESS TO AND ENTER, AT ALL REASONABLE HOURS, ALL PLACES WHERE MILK IS BEING SOLD, OFFERED rOR SALE, STORED, BOTTLED, OR MANUFACTURED INTO FOOD P~O
DUCTS, EITHER ACT IIJG THROUGH THE 0 I RECTOr OR AN AUTHOR-
IZED AGENT.
11. To INSPECT ALL BOOKS, PAPERS, RECORDS, OR DOCUMENTS IN ANY PLACE WITHIN THE STATE FOR THE PURPOSE OF ASCERTA I N I NG FACTS TO ENABLE THE OOARD TO AOIll NI STEr TH I S
ACT.
12. To rEQUIRE LICENSEES TO KEEP REcorDS AND REPORT TO
THE BOARD AS REQU I RED BY RULE OR ormER OF THE GOARD.
13. To FACILITATE THE ORDERLY MArKETING OF MILK.
14. To PROVIDE FOR THE SUPERVISION OF ALL TRADE PRACTICES AND THE DISCONTINUANCE OF ALL UNFAIR TRADE PRACTiCES.
15. THE BOARD MAY MAKE AND ENFORCE ALL RULES AND rE-
GULATIONS AND ALL ORDERS NECESSAry TO CARry OUT THE prOVISION OF THIS ACT.
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STATE PLANtJlNG BOARD

OFFICERS
R. C. J08 DIRECTOR

BOARD tliEMBERS
HENRY T. MciNTOSH R. F. BUI1CH
DR. T. F, ABE"CI1GrlBI E
r! I SS MARTHA BERRY
DR. M. D. COLLINS
JIM L, GILLIS
J, W. WOODRUFF

CHAIRMAN SECRETARY

CREATION AND AUTHORITY: THE STATE PLANNING GOARD
WAS CREATED BY THE G::NERAL ASSEt1BL Y OF GEORG I A BY ACT
No. 106, APPROVED MARCH 8, 1937. (ACTS 1937, P, 291.)

PURPOSE: THE STATE PLANNING GOARD PROVIDES A DEPARn~ENT OF THE ST,UE GOVERNMENT, IN WHICH ARE VESTED AUTHORITY AND POWERS TO PLAN COOPERATIVELY AND COMPRE-
HENSIVELY LONG-TERM POLICIES WITH A VIEW TO THE CON~INUED PROGRESS OF THE STATE.

ORGMJIZATION: THE BOARD SHALL CONSIST OF SEVEN MEMBERS, ONE OF WHOM SHALL BE DESIGNATED BY THE GOVERNOR AS CHA I RMAN. THREE MEMBERS SHALL BE THE CHA I Rr.1AN OF THE ST!,TE HIGHWAY GOARD, OR A t.1EMBER OF SUCH BOARD DESIGNATED BY HIM; THE COMMISSIONER OF HEALTH; AND EITHER TIE HEAD OF THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION OR THE HEAD OF THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, IN THE DISCRETION OF THE GOVERNOR; TOGETHER WITH FOUR CITIZEN MEMBERS APPOINTED BY THE GOVERNOR FOR TERMS OF FIVE YEARS EACH.

THE BOARD SHALL MAINTAIN AN OFFICE AND KEEP PER-
MANENT AND COMPLETE RECORDS OF ITS PROCEEDINGS, MEETINGS, HEARINGS, ORDERS AND DECISIONS, THE GOARD IS AUTHORIZED AND EMPOWERED TO EMPLOY SUCH PERSONS, TECHNICAL, CLERICAL OR OTHERWISE, AS MAY BE NECESSARY EXPENSES WITHIN THE Llt.11TS OF ANY FUND PROVIDED THEREFOR. THE RES PONS I OLE EXECUT IVE OR EXECUT IVE BOARD OR DE51 G-' NATED REPRESENTATIVE OF EACH ST~TE DEPARTMENT SHALL CONSTITUTE AN ADVISORY BOARD, AND SHALL BE CALLED TO MEET WITH THE STATE PlAt~NING BOARD NOT lESS THAN FOUR T It4ES ANNUALLY.

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5. To DEVELOP LONG-TERM POLICIES IN RELATION TO:

AGRICULTURE LAtJD AND WATER UTILIZATION FLOOD CONTROL CONSERVATION AND OTHER REGULATIONS FOR LAND
SETTLEMENT TREE CUTTING 17ATER-SHED PROTECTION (AND THE) PRESERVATION or THE BEAUTY OF THE COUNTRYSIDE.
G. To SUBMIT SUCH PLANS AND REPORTS TO THE GOVERNOR
AND LEGISLATURE WITH RECOMMENDATIONS;

-FURTHERMORE-

7. To ENCOURAGE THE PLANNING or COUNTIES, CITIES AND
TOWNS, AND BY GROUPS OF COUNTIES, CITIES AND TOWNS;
8. To EXTEND AND CORRELATE STATE PLANNING BY AGENCIES
OF THE STATE GOVERNMENT;
9. To PARTICIPATE IN INTERSTATE AND NATIONAL PLANNING
EFFORTS, BOTH WITH A VIEW TO BENEFITS TO BE DERIVED BY nlE LARGER REGION OR NATION, AND BY THE STATE.
RICHARD C. JOB
DIRECTOR

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3. To 0 I RECT, I-lANAGE, AND CQtlTROL, BOX J NG, SPARR I NG,

WRESTL I NG 1.IATCHES OR EXltl 0 I T I OtiS FOR P~ I ZES OR PURSES,
0": VniERE AN ADt;11 SS I ON FEE I S CHARGED OR RECE I VED, MJD

WHICH tMY DE HELD WITHIN TilE STATE, VlITH SOLE JURISDIC-

TION OVER ALL SUCII 'MTCHES ArID EXHIBITIONS; PROVIDED,

HOYIEVER, THAT ANY EXH I BIT IONS VIH I CH ARE CONDUCTED BY AlJY

SCHOOL, COLLECE OR UNIVERSITY, WITHIN ANY BUILDING OR

UPON ANY GrOUNDS OWNED O~ OCCUPIED DY SAID SCHOOL, COL-

LEGE OR UNIVEnSITY, WITHIN THE STAT::, SHALL IJOT BE SUB-

JECT TO TilE PROV I S IONS OF TillS ACT, REQU I RING L I CEtISE5,

AS HERE IN pnov IDEO, EVEtl THOUGIl AN Ami ISS I ON rEE 15

CHARGED; PnOVIDED, HOWEVEn, TilE TERM, "SCHOOL, COLLeGE

on or. UN I VERS I TY," DOES NOT I tlCLUDE A SCHOOL

OHlER I N-

STITUTION THE PRINCIPAL PURPOSE OF WHICH IS TO FURNISH

INSTRUCTION IN OOXING, WRESTLING or. OTHER ATHLETICS.

4. To ISSUE AND REqUIRE LICENses FOR SUCH Mf,TCHES AND EXl-! , 0 I T 10tlS ,,\S ARE \'11 Till NITS JUr. I SO I CT I ON

5. To Llt.IIT THE NUt.mER OF LICENSED PROf,IOTIOlIS OR !.lI\TCIf-
ES AND EXIII 0 I T IONS MID TO REGULATE THE PLACE AND T II"E or HOLDING SAME.

6. To EXAllllfE EACH CONTESTMIT PR I OR TO EHTEf'll NG THE:
111 NO BY A COt-IPETENT PIlYSI C I All, APPO I tJTED OY THE SH,TE
AiliLETlC Corlt~ISSION, WHO HAS OEEN LICENSED OY THE Cm.l-
MISSION, AND HAS pnACTICED IN THE STATE OF GEO~GIA rOR HOT LESS THAN TWO 'lEAns.
7. To REQUIRE AND RECEIVE A WRITTEN REPORT or EVERY
PEP-SON, WHO MAY CONDUCT MN MATCH OR EXHIOITIOtl UNDER
nils ACT, WITHIN 24 HOURS AFTeR THE DETERtlINATlON
THEREOF.

8. To EXAMINE THE BOOKS AND r:Ecorms OF ANV LICErISED
PEnSON WHO F,\ILS TO RepORT /,S ArORESAID, AND TO SUBPOENA AND EXAMINE SUCH PERSOtl, HIS OR ITS OFFICERS AND AGENTS /,S WITNESSES TO DETEm,lINE THE TOTAL Af.lOUNT OF I TS GROSS RECE I PTS ArlO THE AMOUNT or TAXES DUE, WI{ I CH TAX TilE COW,11 SS I ON tIAY,UPOtI MID AS THE RESULT or SUCH EXAMINATION, FIX AND DETERMINE.

9. To APPO,NT OFFICIAL REPRESENTATIVES, DESIGNATED AS
I tlSPECTORS

10. To TURN OVER TO THE STATE TnEt,SUREr; WITHIN 10 DAVS
ALL FEE~, RECEIPTS, FINES AND PENALTIES RECEIVED OY THE CO~1ISSI0N UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF THIS ACT.

11. ,To FIX THE AMOUNT or RECEIPTS OR TilE PERCEtn,\GE or TIE RECEIPTS TO OE CHARGED AND COLLECTED OY ANY LOCAL IIIJN I C I PAL ATHLET I C WRESTL I tlG AND BOX I NG cornli SS I ON.
WELLOORtl R. ELL I S
SEcm:TARY

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STATE S0 I L COfJSERVAT I ON C01!IM I TTEE

OFFICERS
GOVERNOR E. D. R/VERS CHAIRMAN

WALTER BROWN

DIRECTOR, STATE AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION SERVICE, ATHENS, GEORGIA

H. P. STUCKEY DIRECTOR, GEORGIA AGRICULTURAL EXPERI-
MENT STATION, EXPERIMENT, GEORGIA

S. H. STARR

DIRECTOR, GEORGIA COASTAL PLAINS EXPERIMENT STATION, TIFTON, GEORGIA

CREATION AND AUTHORITY: THE SrTE SOIL CONSERVA-
TION COMMITTEE WAS CREATED BY ACT No. 339 or THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY (GEORGIA LAWS 1937, PAGE 377).

PURPOSE: AN ACT TO DECLARE THE NECESSITY OF ESTA8LISHING "SOIL CONSERVATION DISTRICTS," TO ENGAGE IN CONSERVING SOIL RESOURCES AND PREVENTING AND CONTROLLING SOIL EROSION; TO ESTABLISH THE STATE SOIL CONSERVATION COI.1MITTEE, AND TO DEFINE ITS POWERS AND DUTIES; TO PROVIDE FOR THE ESTA8LISHMENT OF SOIL CONSERVATION DISTRICTS, WITH SPECIFIC DUTIES AND POWERS THEPEOF.

ORGANIZATION: THERE IS HEREBY ESTABLISHED, TO SERVE AS AN AGENCY OF THE STATE AND TO PERFORf4 THE FUNCTIONS CONFERRED UPON IT IN THIS ACT, THE STATE SOIL CONSERVAT I ON COHM I TTEE. THE FOLLOW I NG SHALL SERVE, EX" OFF/CIOS, AS MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE; THE DIRECTOR OF THE STATE AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION SERVICE; THE DIRECTOR OF THE GEORGIA AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION LOCATED AT EXPERIMENT, GEORGIA; AND THE DIRECTOR OF THE GEORGIA COASTAL PLAINS EXPERIMENT STATION LOCATED AT TIFTON, GEORGIA, AND THE GOVEPNOR OF GEORGIA. THE COMMITTEE SHALL ADOPT A SEAL, WHICH SEAL SHALL BE JUDICIALLY NOTICED, AND MAY PERFORM SUCI1 ACTS, HOLD SUCH PUBLIC HEARINGS, AND PROMULGATE SUCH RULES AND REGULATIONS AS MAY BE NECESSARY FOR THE EXECUTION OF ITS FUNCTIONS UNDER THIS ACT.
THE STATE SOIL CONSERVATION C0l1MITTEE ~lAY Et.1PLOY AN ADtHNISTRATIVE OFFICER AND SUCH TECHNICAL EXPERTS AND SUCH OTHER AGENTS AND EMPLOYEES, PERMANENT AND TEMPORARY, AS IT MAY REQUIRE, AND SHALL DETERMINE THEIR QUALIFICATIONS, DUTIES, AND COMPENSATION. THE COMMITTEE MAY CALL UPON THE ATTORNEy-GENERAL OF THE STATE FOR SUCH LEGAL SERVICES AS IT MAY REQUirE, OR '.lAY EI,l' PLOY ITS OWN COUNSEL AND LEGAL STAFF.

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3. ANY ACT OF THE STATE PRISON AND PAROLE COMMISSION
IN onDE" TO BE EFFECTIVE MUST IMVE THE UNANIMOUS APPROVAL OF THE COM~,ll SS ION. 4. THE RECORDS OF THE FORME R PRl SON COMI.lI 53 ION AND OF THE STATE PR I SON AND PAROLE Cor.n,~ I SS ION SHALL BE MADE ACCESSIBLE TO THE STATE PENAL ADMINISTRATION OOARD AT ALL TIMtS.
VIVIAN STANLEY CHA I Rt-1AN
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SH,TE HOUS ING I\UTHOR ITY BO/,RO

OFFICERS

GOVErlwr E. D. RI VEfCS

r:.D. GeOrGE

HAMILTON

Dr. :1.

COll I NS

I !CIJC:Y T. Hc I rnOSH

JOHtf B. WilSON

EX-OFFICIO CHAIRMAN

CRE/ITIC';: AtJe AUTHORITY: THE STATE HOUSING AUTHOR-

No. ITIES BOARD WAS CREATED OY ACT

411oF THE GENERAL

ASSEf,lOLY or 1'337 (ACTS 1937, P. 210).

PURPO::E: To PROVIDE DWELLING ACCOMMODATIONS FOR
PERSOr'JS or LOVI INCQr.1E, BECAUSE THErE EXIST IN THE STATE
INSANITAr.'( MJD UNSAFE ACCOW~ODATIONS WHERE PERSONS OF
LOW I tJcmlE ARE FORCED TO RESIDE.

To' Cr.E/'TE HOUS I NG /,UTHOR I TIES INC I TIES OF MORE
THAN 5000 POPULATION, OECAUSE THERE IS A SHOrTAGE OF
SATISFACTORY ,\CCOfn.l0D/I.TIONS AVAIL/,OLE AT RE!'JTS WHICH PERSONS OF LO\'l ItJCOnE CAN AFFORD, VlH I CH RESULTS I N OVERCROWDING MJD CONGESTION V11Tl-1 ACCOI.jPANYING DISEASE AIJD CR I '.IE, AND CONSEQUENT D I SPROPorT I ONATE EXPEND I TURES OF PU3LIC FUND~ FOR PROTECTION FROM AND PREVENTION OF TtESE CONDITIONS AND INCREASED FIRE AND ACCIDENT HAZARDS, - DANGEROUS TO THE GENErAL PUBLIC WELFARE.

To PROV I DE P0'.7EPS FOR ACQU I RING PROPERTY, OORROWI NG t,IONEY, I SSU I NG DONDS AND. OTHER OOL I GAT IONS, AND GIVING SECURITY THEREFor, INASMUCH AS:
(A) THESE SLUt.' AREAS CMHWT DE CLEAr~ED NOR THE SHORTAGE OF DV1ElLl NGS DE REL I EVED THROUGH TIlE OPERATION OF PRIVATE ENTERPRISE, VlITH WHICH SUCH HOUS I NG PROJECTS (t,S HEnE I N DEF I NED) \'JOULD NOT CO~lPETE.
(0) TI~SE WORKS ARE FOR PUOLIC USES AND PURPOSES.
(C) TH I S CON~,TRUCTI ON, TO BE COt,lMENCED AS SOON AS POSSIBLE, WOULD HELP RELIEVE UNEMPLOYMENT, \'7H I eli NO'!7 COt/ST I TUTES AN Et1ERGENCY.
(D) THE NECESSITY IN TIE PUDLIC INTE~EST FOR THESE PROVISIONS "IS IlEP.EBY DECLAr:ED AS II MATTER OF LEGISLATIVE DETEP.NINATION."

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THE STATE BO/\RD or PENAL ADM INISTRATI at!

OFFICERS

A. O. BLALOCK A. M. ANDEP.SON
t:1AX V. TOLBERT
DR. JOHN R. LEWIS J. A. HILLS

CHA IRfMN DIRECTOR GOARD MEI/lI3ER OOARD MEMBER OOARD MEMBER

CREATion AND AUTHORITY: THE STATE BOARD OF PENAL
ADMINISTRATION WAS CREATED BY ACT 228 OF THE GENERAL
ASSEMBLY OF 1937-1938 IN EXTRA SESSION PP. 195-199 AP-
PROVED JANUARY 24, 1938--EFFECTIVE FEBRUARY 15, 1938.

PURPOSE: THE STATE OOARD OF PENAL ADMINISTRATION IS EMPOWERED WITH FULL AND COMPLETE AUTHORITY, SUPER-
VISION AND CONTROL OVER ALL MISDEMEANOR AND FELONY PRISONERS IN THE PENAL INSTITUTIONS OF THE STATE AS
PROV IDEO BY LA\'! EXCEPT THAT ALL AUTHOR ITY RELAT IfJG TO THE GRANTING OF PAROLE, PROBATION, CONDITIONAL PA~DON, PARDON, Of, OTHER ACT OF CLEMENCY, AND THE SUPERVISION OF PAROLEES AND PROCATIONERS, SHALL DE EXERCISED BY THE
STATE PRISON AND PAROLE COMMISSION.

THE STATE BOARD OF PENAL ADMINISTRATION:

1. SHALL HAVE THE POWER AND AUTHORITY TO MAKE ALL RULES AND REGULATIONS CONCERNING THE RECEPTION, SAFE
KEEPING, CARE, CUSTODY, EMPLOYMENT, ASSIGNMENT, REAS-
S IGNMENT AND CO~JTROL OF ALL FELONY AND MISDEMEANOR PR I SONEr~S OF TH I S STATE.

2. SHALL HAVE THE POc/ER AND AUTHORITY TO CONDUCT
STATE PENAL FARMS, TO CONSTRUCT ALL ROADS AND OTHER METHODS OF TRANSPORTATION, TO BUILD OR RECONDITION ALL NECESSARY BUILDINGS INCIDENT TO THE NEEDS OF SAID BOARD .SHALL HAVE FULL AND COMPLETE AUTHORITY TO ESTABLISH INDUSTRIES AND MANUFACTURE PRODUCTS PERMITTED BY LAW.

3. SHALL HAVE POV/ER TO RECE I VE ALL MONEYS FOR PRO-
DUCTS OF ANY AND ALL INDUSTRIES OR ACTIVITIES CONDUCTED
DY SAID GOARD, TO KEEP STRICT ACCOUNT OF ALL SUCH MONEYS
AND TRANSM IT SAllE AT THE CLOSE OF EACH 1,10NTH TO THE
STATE TREASURY WHERE SAID FUNDS SHALL BE KEPT IN A SEP-
ARATE FUND, FROM WHICH EXPENSE OF UPKEEP AND t4AINTENANCE OF THE ACTIVITIES OF THE SAID OOARD SHALL BE PAID. SAID RECEIPTS ,~ND EXPENDITURES SHALL BE AUDITED BY THE STATE
AUDITOR. THE TREASURER or THE STATE PENAL ADMINISTRATION
OOARD SHALL GIVE BOND TO THE GOVERNOR IN THE SUM OF
$50,000.00. 95

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CONTRACTORS L I CEtJS I NG GOARD

OFFICERS

VI. F. SCOTT
ED BECKAr.l
VI. L. Cooo

CHA I R!1AN

CRE/\T I DrJ: THE CONTRACTORS L I CENS I NG GOARD WAS CRE-
ATED OY ACT No. 482 OF THE LEGISLATURE OF 1937, CODI-
FIED, "ROAD AND STREET CONTRACTING REGULATED", APPROVED
!'lARCH 30, 1937. (ACTS 1937, P. 774).

PUP-POSE: THE COrnp.'CTOp.S L ICENSI NG GOAP.D VIAS CP.E-
ATED TO REGULATE THE PRACTICE OF GENE~,\L ROAD ArID STREET CONTP.ACT I NG IN GEOr:G III.; AllO TO PROV I DE FOR A CIlA I miMI,
Vr CE-CHA I RrlAN, AND SECRETARY AND TREASUREr VI I TH TilE I P.
TERns OF OFFICE.
ORGAf'J I ZAT I ON: THE CONTr~ACTORS L I CENS I tlG GOARD IS
cor,1pOSED OF THREE MErmERS APPO I NTED DY TIlE GOVE~NOP.
\'7ITH I N '30 DAYS AFTER THE PASSAGE OF TI\I S ACT. I\LL
Hlr:EE l1EM3ERS OF THE SA I 0 BOMW SHALL H,WE HAD ACTUAL EXPERIEtICE IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF STr:EETS or: HIGHWAYS.
THE BOARD ELECTS THE CIlII, I r:l1AN, A VI CE -CIlA I rt1AN, ArJD A
TREASUREr: MID A SECRETARY OF SA I 0 Go,\r.D, Mm rlAY prmV I DE ITSELF ';IITH A SECRETAr:y.

ACT I VITIES: I T SHALL DE THE DUTY OF THE GOARD:

1. To PROVIDE FOr. TI APPLICATION AND LICENSING OF CON-
TRACTOr.S;

2. To prOVIDE LICENSE FEES;

3. To PROVIDE PENALTIES FOR THE VIOLATION OF THIS ACT;

4. To PROVIDE EXEtlPTIONS TO TillS ACT;

5. To KEEP A REGISTER OF ALL APPLICANTS FOr. LICENSES, \'IIiICI! SHALL DE PRI!.'''. FACIE EVIDENCE OF ALL HATTeP.S RECORDED THEI1EON;

6. To PI1EPAI1E AND PRINT A 110STER DURING JANUAry OF EACH YEAR OF ALL LICENSED CONTrACTORS, AND HAIL A COpy TO DE PLACED ON FILE VITH THE CLERK OF EACH INCORPORATED CITY AND TOVIN IN THE STATE;

7. To SUDHIT 1\ REPORT TO THE GOVEP.NOr: ON OR DEFORE THE
FIRS T DAY OF r.l/\RCH OF EACH YEM1, A ND TO FILE \'/1 Til TilE SECRET~RY OF STATE A COPY OF THE AFORESAID ROSTER.

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I,ll LK CONTROL OOAf~D

OFFICERS
c. G. DUNCAN DIRECTOR

DOARD MEIIOERS

GLEN~1 HOLcm,IS

COLUIIOUS ROCERT5

GEORGE SANCKEtl

J . M R S .

V. CONN

J. SCHLEY TIlOt-,'PSON

CUA I RUAt~ COut, I SS lONER OF" AGR I CUL TURE

CREATION AND AUTI-IORITV: TilE MILK CONTROL BOARD
WAS CREATED BY ACT No. 374 OF THE GEORGIA LEGISLATURE, MAI1CH 30, 1937. (ACTS 1937, P. 247.)

PU~POSE: DecLARATION or LEGISLATIVE POLICY. As A '.lATTER or LEGISLATIVE DCTERMIN.HION, IT IS HEREOY DECLARED THAT 1~ILK IS A NECESSARY ARTICLE OF rOOD rop. HUt.lAtI CONSUI.lPT I Oil; THAT THE PRODUCT I ON AND MA I NTENANCE OF AN ADEQUATE SUPPLY OF HEALTIIFUL I.lI LK IS V I TAL TO nlE
PUDLIC HEALTII AND WELFARE;THAT UNECONOMIC PRACTICES IN 1lfE pnODUCT I ON, TRAI~SPORTATION, PROCESS lNG, STOnAGE, DISTRIOUTION, AND SALE OF MILK WITHIN THE STATE OF GEORGIA CONSTITUTE A CONSTANT MENACE TO TIlE HEALTH AND WELFARE OF THE INHABITANTS OF TillS STATE AND UNDERf,-lINE SANITARY REGULATIONS AND STANDARDS O~ CONTENT AND PURITY; THAT, EVEN WITH STRINGENT ENrORCEMENT OF SANIT.\RY REGULATIONS, TlIESE UNECONOMIC PI1ACTICES THREATEN SERIOUSLY TO Ir,lPAI~ AND ULTnMTELY TO DESTROY THE SUPPLY OF WIlOLEsm"lE f.ND HEALTllrUL IHLK FOP. ,\DULTS .\ND CHILDREN ,1ITHIN THIS SBTE; THAT THESE FACTS HAVE CI1EATED AN EM~RGENCY SITUATION; AND THAT, TO PRESERVE THE HEALTlI or TIlE PEOPLE OF TH 15 STATE, IT I S NECESSARY t N HII S E~RGENCY AND IN THE PUOLIC INTEREST THAT THE DISTRIDUTION AND SALE THEREOF DE REGULATED AS PROVIDED HEPEIN.

O~~\NIZATION: THE BOARD SHALL C~ISIST or FIVE llEMBERS. THE ME~lOERSIlI P OF THE OOARD SHALL BE I'A I N-

T1\ I NED TO INCLUDE TliE COt-lilt SS lONER OF AGn I CULTunE TO

REPRESENT PRODUCERS, TWO pnODUCER-DISTRIOUTons, ONE OF

\'IBOI' SIIALL O[ A MnlDER OF A COOPEnAT I VE MAnKET I NG ASSOC'AnON; ONE DISTRIBUTOR; AND ONE CONSUMER. l1Et.lBE~S OF

Ttl': BOARD, EXCE PT FOR THE CmUl1 SS lONER OF AGR I CULTunE,

S:IALL DE APPOINTCD BY AND SIlALL SERVE AT THE PLEASURE

Or nlE GOVEmmr.. EACH APf>O I NTED MEM3ER SHALL DE Pt. I 0

;....

FraN THE MILK CONTROL FUND SIX ($6.00) DOLLARS rOR EACH
OilY ACTUIILLY ENG,~GED IN orF I C I AL rUNCT IONS or TIlE !30M~D

PLUS SUOSISTENCE AND NECESSARY TRAVELING EXPENSES.

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16. To INSTITUTE SUCH ACTION AT LAW OR E0UITY AS MAY DE
NECESSARY TO ENFORCE COMPLIANCE WITH ANY PROVISION OF THIS ACT, OR TO ENFORCE COMPLIANCE WITH ANY RULE OR ORDEP OF THE BOARD MADE PURSUANT TO THE PROVISIONS OF Till S f\cT, AND I N ADD IT 10N- TO ANY OTHER REtlEDY MAY APPLY TO MJY SvPER lOR COURT FOR REL IEF DY I NJUtJCT ION, IF NECESSARY, TO PROTECT TilE PUBLIC INTEREST, WITHOUT BEING COMPELLED TO ALLEGE OR PROVE THAT AN ADEQUATE REr,lEDY AT LAW DOES NOT EXI ST
TERMINATION OF ACT. THE PROVISIONS OF THIS ACT SIIIlLL APPLY OUR ING THE EMERCENCY PER I00 AS DEF INED BY TH I S SECT ION. lIEMERGENCY PER I00" tlEIINS THE PER I00 DETWEEN THE T I rlE Til IS ACT TAKES EFFECT AND A.UGUST 15,
1941. ANY ACTION or PROCEEDING PENDING ON THAT DATE
ANC) ANY RIGHT OF ACTION OR CAUSE OR PROSECUTION THEN ACCRueD OR EXISTENT ARISING OUT or THIS ACT OR ANY VIOL\T ION or IT t1AY DE PROSECUTED TO FINAL DETERll INAT ION, AND FOR SUCH PURPOSES THE PROV IS 10tJS or Til IS ACT SHALL DE DEEMED TO DE IN FULL FORCE AND EFFECT.
C. G. DUNCAN
DIRECTOR
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STATE ATHLETIC COt1MISSION

Orr ICERS

RALPH McGILL

CHAIRMAN

Bo::my NORR IS

VICE CHAIRMAN

WELLBORN R. ELLIS SECRETARY

MEt;10ERS

GOVERNOR E. D. RIVERS ALFRED I. YOUNG
LESTER F. ELLIOTT
L. C. BURNS

Ex-orFICIO

CREt\TlotJ AND AUTHORITY: THE STATE ATHLETIC COM~ MISSION WAS CREATED DY ACT No. 500 or THE GEORGIA LEGIS-
LATURE, MARCH 30,1937. (ACTS 1937, P. 405.)

PURPOSE: THE COMMISSION WAS CREATED TO rEGULATE BOXING, SPARRING, AND WRESTLING EXHIBITIONS IN GEORGIA; TO PROVIDE FOR LICENSES AND PERMITS rOR THOSE CONDUCTIfiG MATCHES Atm EXH I0 IT IONS, THE CONTESTANTS AND REFEREES; TO Ll MIT THE NUMBER or Ll CENSED M,HCHES AND WHEN AND WHERE EXHIBITIONS ARE TO DE HELD; TO PROVIDE PHYSICAL EXAMINATION or CONTESTANTS, EXCEPTING AMATEUR MATCHES AND THOSE HELD BY SCIIOOLS AND COLLEGES; NAM ING OFFENSES BY CONTESTANTS; TO PROVIDE PENALTIES rOR VIOLATION OF THE PROVISIONS THEREOF; TO PROVIDE rOR TAXING GROSS RECEIPTS AND FEES; TO AUTHORIZE MUNICIPAL COMMISSIONS TO CONTINUE; AND FOR OTHER pURPOSES.

ORGANIZATION: THE STATE ATHLETIC CQt1MISSION SHALL CON~; IST OF FIVE PERSONS, ONE OF WHOM SHALL BE CHA I RMAN OF SUCH COMMISSION, ALL TO BE APPOINTED BY THE GOVERNOR. THE GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF GEORGIA SHALL BE AN EXOFFICIO MEMOER OF SAID ATHLETIC COMMISSION. THE COMMISSION MAY APPOINT A SECRETARY, WHOSE DUTY IT SHALL BE TO KEEP THE BOOKS AND RECORDS IN THE GENERAL OFFICE OF THE COMMISSION, AND SUCH CLERICAL EMPLOYEES, ASSISTANTS, AND INSPECTons AS I T MAY DEnl NECESSARY.

ACTIVITIES: THE DUTIES OF THE COI-\l.1ISSION ARE:

1. To MAINTAIN AN OFFICE rOR THE TRANSACTION OF -ITS GUSINESS IN THE CITY or ATLANTA.

2. To HAKE ANNUALLY TO THE LEGISLATURE A FULL REPORT OF ITS PROCEED INGS FOR THE YEAR END I NG \1 ITH THE FIRST DAY or THE PRECED I NG DECEMBER, AND MAY SUB!>'II T \II ITil SUCH RECot.lr~EfJDATIOtJS PERTAINING TO ITS AFFAIRS AS IT SHALL DEEM DESIRAOLE.
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P~ I SiJfJ ;\ND P/.PCtE COt.}: I SS I ON

OFF I eEl,s

L. JUDGE VIVIAN

STAILEY

JUDGE CLEll [:. ["'tli IJEY

A. JUDGE GEORGE

JOHNS

EMMETT A. WILLIAMS

ellA I RrlMJ
V I CE CHt.. I Rf1AN
COI"I.ll SS I ONCR
SECRETARY

CREAT IO~J AND AUTIIOR ITY: TilE PR I SON COIn,; I 5S I ON OF
TH?- STATE OF GEOP'G I A SHALL HEREAFTEf' DE l~fJO'!It, AS THE
Pr,lsotJ MID PAROLE Car,i'ISSIOIJ OF THE STr,TE OF GEORGIA,
Ex- AS ENACTED DY TI GeNerAL As~r:ml Y or 1937-1)38 IN
TRA SESSION - ACT 299 -- PP. 200, 202. ApPROV~O rEg-
T1UIIRY 3,1938, EFFECTIVE FEBRUAt~Y 15,1938.

ORGANIZATION: THE Prlsor~ MJD PArOLE COHi,lSSION SHnL DE COf1POSED OF TlmEC flEf.mC~S AND THE prESENT MEMDEP.S OF THE PP.ISON COlclfll:,SION OF TilE STATE OF GEORG I A ARE DES I GNATED TilE r.lnlDEp.s OF THe ST,\TE PR I SON MW PMWLE COMlll SS I ON, TO SERVE FOR ,\ TEr1l1 OF S I X YEIIf'S. VACANC iES TO DE r I LLED OY TilE GOVERNOR SUBJECT TO APPROV,\L OF THE SCNI\TE. /INY 111PEACHI.'iCln SHALL BE OY TIlE SENATE. THE PRISON Arm PAROLE ConlllSSIOfJ SHALL BE EM-
PO\1ET1ED TO ErlPLOY THE IIECESSAf'Y H1PLOYEES FOR ADEQUATE SUPERVISING OF PAROLEES AND PROD~TIONERS AND THE CONDUCT OF ITS OFFICE.

ACTIVITIES: THE PRISOIJ AIm PAP.OLE COI'1MISSrOl'I IS VESTED WITH THE rO~[R AND DUTY TO INITIATE AND CONSIDcr AT LEAST ONce ANIJU,\LLY, \'11 TIIOUT WA I T I NG FOR lorN APPL I CAT I ON TO DE F I LED, THE CASE OF EACH PERSOIJ CQt,lMITTED TO SERVE A TERM IN ANY OF THE PENAL INSTITUTIONS or TH IS STATE ArlO I1AY ORDEr PArOLE I N ANY SUCH CASE AS SEEI,S PROP~R A FTE:: DUE COflS I DER,\T I OIJ r S GIVEN TO THE Pl~ISONCT1'S l'lEtJTAL AND SOCIAL ATTITUDE, IN THAT HE WILL NOT BECOME A ~ENACE TO SOCIETY OR TO TI PUOLIC SAFETY.
1. I T SHALL DE THE DUTY OF THE CO:1HI SS I ON TO r,lAI(E
RULES AND REGULATIONS RELATING TO THE FILING OF PETIT IONS FOR COND I T I ONAL PARDONS AND I NVEST I G/,TE AND 1.1AKE r:ECOfU,IENDAT I OHS TO THE GOVERNOR REGARD I NG ANY SUCH PET IT 1OIL

2. IT SIMLL BE THE DUTY OF THE COIll'11 SS I ON TO PRO-
V I De ADEQUATE SUPEnv I S ION rOR ALL PAfWLE::S AND PRODATIONET1S IN THIS STATE, ALSO ALL PERSONS RELEASED ON CONDITIONAL PARDON AND PLACED DY THE GOVERNOR UNDER THE SUPERVISION OF SAID COMMISSION.

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